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posted by cmn32480 on Thursday October 06 2016, @10:41PM   Printer-friendly
from the rigged-in-not-the-peoples-favor dept.

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!


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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Friday October 07 2016, @12:55AM

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Friday October 07 2016, @12:55AM (#411277) Journal

    A mandatory delay in reporting results could be interesting. It could also have some unintended effects.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 07 2016, @01:34AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 07 2016, @01:34AM (#411282)

    You still have to contend with exit-polling.

    • (Score: 3, Interesting) by maxwell demon on Friday October 07 2016, @06:50AM

      by maxwell demon (1608) on Friday October 07 2016, @06:50AM (#411380) Journal

      In Germany it is illegal to publish the results of exit polls before the voting ends.

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  • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Friday October 07 2016, @06:44AM

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Friday October 07 2016, @06:44AM (#411376) Journal

    It could also have some unintended effects.

    Such as?

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