With the U.S. presidential election just weeks away, questions about election security continue to dog the nation's voting system.
It's too late for election officials to make major improvements, "and there are no resources," said Joe Kiniry, a long-time election security researcher.
However, officials can take several steps for upcoming elections, security experts say.
"Nobody should ever imagine changing the voting technology used this close to a general election," said Douglas Jones, a computer science professor at the University of Iowa. "The best time to buy new equipment would be in January after a general election, so you've got almost two years to learn how to use it."
- Stop using touchscreen electronic voting machines without printers
- Conduct more extensive pre-election voting machine tests
- Put better election auditing processes in place
- Hire hackers to test your systems
- Ensure that strong physical security is in place
Voters worried about vulnerable voting machines can rest easy--the fix is in!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 06 2016, @11:00PM
Can we fire the people that didn't do all this from the start??
(Score: 2) by Arik on Thursday October 06 2016, @11:06PM
No. In fact those are (mostly) the same people that are going to save us all by doing it right next time.
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/05/16/clinton-does-best-where-voting-machines-flunk-hacking-tests-hillary-clinton-vs-bernie-sanders-election-fraud-allegations/
If laughter is the best medicine, who are the best doctors?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 06 2016, @11:41PM
Yeah, uh huh, right. I trust them totally to do it right this time. Total trust, 100%, full confidence.
(Score: 2) by davester666 on Friday October 07 2016, @06:57AM
If we fire them (people who used to be the dumbest sacks of shit they could find, other than politicians, but now with just a smidgeon of experience into how elections work), then all that will happen is they will hire "people who are the dumbest sacks of shit they can, other than politicians"