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Newsweek: Can Elections Be Hacked? Online Voting Threatens 32 States, Report Says
“There are two concerns with email voting," in which ballots and voter identification information are typically attached as a PDF or JPEG. "One—the ballots can be intercepted and undetectably altered or deleted. This hack was performed at DEF CON in August. And it’s something academics have long known," Susannah Goodman of Common Cause an one of the authors of the report, told Newsweek. "Second—emailed ballots can be easily spoofed in a spear phishing attack designed to put malware on a county election official’s computer.”
Found in: Common Cause
Hearst Television/WLWT (VIDEO): Is online voting safe? Indiana voters have the option, but report is skeptical
"Over a hundred thousand ballots were returned via the internet in the 2016 election," said Susannah Goodman, director of Common Cause's election security program. "For years, we have known that ballots sent over the internet can be intercepted and changed or deleted, and that is a major concern."
Found in: Common Cause
New Report Emphasizes Threat Posed by Online Voting, Urges Nationwide E-Ballot Quarantine
Today, leading experts in the field of election security released a report outlining the serious and unaddressed threat to the integrity of the nation’s elections and democracy posed by the continued use of online voting in 32 states. The report highlights that at the very least nearly 100,000 ballots were reported to have been cast online in the 2016 general election. The report, “Email and Internet Voting: The Overlooked Threat to Election Security,” examines the threats faced by various forms of online voting including blockchain internet voting which is being used in West Virginia this election cycle. Due to the extensive vulnerabilities, the report emphasizes that online voting must be discontinued completely by 2020, and recommends short-term best practices for voters and elections officials in the 2018 election.
Found in: Common Cause
McClatchy: Are wireless voting machines vulnerable? Florida, other states say they’re safe enough
“The convenience of transmitting vote totals online does not outweigh the need of the American people to be assured their votes will be accurately transmitted and counted,” said the letter, which was also endorsed by five citizen and digital rights groups, including Common Cause and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Found in: Common Cause
Common Cause Maryland: Accessible and Secure Voting Includes Election Day Registration
Common Cause Maryland is making sure that every eligible voter who wants to vote can do so with Election Day Registration. Why should your voice or mine be left out? We should all have a say in the future for our family and community and we can do that in making sure our elections are secure and accessible.
Found in: Common Cause
New Voting machines in the works for Delaware
Common Cause of Delaware wants Delawareans to weigh in on the state's purchase of new voting booths, urging citizens to call for a system that can't be hacked. “Common Cause Delaware asked for the bids to be shared with the public soon after they were received by the Department of Elections in January,” said Jennifer Hill, program director for Common Cause Delaware. “This is a historic civic event in our state as we have not had a new system since 1996, and it was 50 years ago when the old lever system was purchased.”
Found in: Common Cause Delaware
Denver Post: How Colorado draws its voting maps would change if Amendments Y and Z are approved
“I think that there is a very strong reaction to people feeling like this process is closed, it’s secretive and it is intentionally so because there are partisan shenanigans going on where one party or a set of incumbents are trying to manipulate the lines,” said Kathay Feng, national redistricting director of Common Cause.