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Tag: Black Box Voting

Federal judge orders Georgia to switch to paper ballots for 2020 elections

August 16th, 2019 Andrew Villeneuve Elections

Via Ars Technica: “Election security advocates scored a major victory on Thursday as a federal judge issued a 153-page ruling ordering Georgia officials to stop using its outdated electronic voting machines by the end of the year.”

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Security-challenged firms are gatekeepers of U.S. elections

October 29th, 2018 Andrew Villeneuve Core Topics, Technology

Required reading from the Associated Press’ cybersecurity writer: “Three privately held companies sell and service more than ninety percent of U.S. elections systems. But the companies have long stressed convenience for their customers over product security, security experts and elections officials say.”

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Will the Georgia special election get hacked?

June 14th, 2017 Andrew Villeneuve Elections

“To understand why many computer scientists and voting rights advocates don’t trust the security of many US election systems, consider the experience of Georgia-based researcher Logan Lamb.”

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