During early voting in some Texas counties, a handful of voters reported seeing their straight-ticket votes changed to endorse the opposing party. Others reported that an issue with the voting machines appeared to remove any selection for U.S. Senate altogether. The Texas Secretary of State’s office told TechCrunch that it has received “15-20 calls” from […]
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Democrats introduce an election security bill that proposes paper trails and mandatory audits
As primaries ramp up in states across the U.S., concerns about election cybersecurity are mounting too. This week, a group of Democratic senators introduced a bill to mitigate some of the well-established risks that the nation’s uneven mix of voting machines and election systems poses. The new bill, known as the Protecting American Votes and […]
View More Democrats introduce an election security bill that proposes paper trails and mandatory auditsA cyberattack knocked a Tennessee county’s election website offline during voting
After a distributed denial-of-service attack knocked some servers offline during a local election in Tennessee this week, Knox County is working with an outside security contractor to investigate the cause. The attack took the Knox County Election Commission site displaying results of the county mayoral primary offline during Tuesday night voting. The county resorted to […]
View More A cyberattack knocked a Tennessee county’s election website offline during votingCentrify gives states a deal on identity management software to secure midterm elections
To secure U.S. election systems from the very real threat of targeted cyberattacks, states might need to reframe their security practices to look more like they would in a tightly controlled corporate environment. To that end, Centrify, an enterprise cloud-based identity management company, is extending its security offerings to help states cover their bases as […]
View More Centrify gives states a deal on identity management software to secure midterm electionsA new bipartisan Senate bill seeks to bolster US election security at the state level
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the Senate has introduced a bill designed to protect the technical integrity of American elections as the nation moves toward midterm season. Introduced in the Senate, the bill known as the Secure Elections Act….
View More A new bipartisan Senate bill seeks to bolster US election security at the state levelA new bipartisan Senate bill seeks to bolster US election security at the state level
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the Senate has introduced a bill designed to protect the technical integrity of American elections as the nation moves toward midterm season. Introduced in the Senate, the bill known as the Secure Elections Act….
View More A new bipartisan Senate bill seeks to bolster US election security at the state levelAlabama Supreme Court blocks order to preserve digital voting records
Following an eleventh hour order instructing voting officials in Alabama to keep the digital ballots generated in Tuesday’s controversial Senate election, the state’s Supreme Court has issued a stay to block that decision. The order to preserve the records was issued by the Montgomery County Circuit Court on Monday afternoon — less than 24 hours before voting was set to… Read More
Voting machine makers explain what they do (and don’t do) to make sure no one hacks the vote
As the House and Senate continue to examine the wave of disinformation around the 2016 presidential election, concerns around the security of voting systems examine something even more germane to the U.S. democratic system. Read More
View More Voting machine makers explain what they do (and don’t do) to make sure no one hacks the vote