Voter Action Archive

Experts to Obama: Internet voting not the answer

JessicaSparks — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:34:30 -0500

The letter warns officials that Internet voting remains a highly insecure option that leaves our systems vulnerable to cyber-attacks and technical failures.

E-voting chaos: NJ voters sent to official's personal Hotmail address

JessicaSparks — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:50:53 -0500

The unfolding fiasco was first spotted by Buzzfeed, which notes that a number of voters have tweeted about having their e-mails to county voting officials bounce. "Oh no! email box for Essex County Clerk's box is full. No one can email in their ballots," tweeted one New Jersey voter last night.

What's Wrong With Online Voting?

JessicaSparks — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:41:33 -0500

... Those in favor of expanding Internet voting or emailed ballot submissions to the general population point to its speed and convenience.

Could e-voting machines in Election 2012 be hacked? Yes.

JessicaSparks — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 22:34:10 -0400

Since the machines are not connected to the Internet, any hack would not be a matter of someone sneaking through cyberspace to change ballots. Rather, the concern is that an individual hacker, a partisan group, or even a nation state could infect voting machines by gaining physical access to them or by targeting the companies that service them.

Maryland's online voter registration files vulnerable to hackers, researchers say

JessicaSparks — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:49:59 -0400

Researchers at the University of Michigan, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and a former president of the Association for Computing Machinery wrote to Maryland officials late last month urging them to take immediate steps to better protect a new system that allows Marylanders to update their voter registration online.