Philippines – Voting machines to service more voters in 2019 polls
30 Apr 2019
Rappler – The maximum number of voters that can use each vote-counting machine is now 1,000 from the previous 800, says the Commission on Elections
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Bulgaria’s election watchdog calls tender to rent 3000 voting machines
5 Apr 2019
The Sofia Globe – Bulgaria’s Central Election Commission (CEC) has called a tender for the hire of 3000 voting machines for the country’s May 26 European Parliament elections.
Read moreUSA – State election officials opt for 2020 voting machines vulnerable to hacking
25 Mar 2019
Politico – The new machines still pose unacceptable risks in an election that U.S. intelligence officials expect to be a prime target for disruption by countries such as Russia and China.
Read moreUSA – Georgia panel backs new voting machines over hand-marked paper ballots
14 Jan 2019
AJC – A panel formed by Gov.-elect Brian Kemp voted Thursday to replace Georgia’s electronic voting machines with a computerized system that prints paper ballots, despite opposition from a crowd of voters who said paper ballots filled out by hand are more secure and less expensive.
Read moreVoting machine meltdowns are normal—that’s the problem
8 Nov 2018
Wired: David Weiner counts himself lucky. Sure, he waited an hour to vote at the Brooklyn Public Library along with, he estimates, several hundred other New Yorkers Tuesday afternoon. But, hey, at least he arrived when the last ballot scanner officially broke. That meant he could just fill out his ballot and shove it in a box. The […]
Read moreHow America got old, glitchy electronic voting machines
7 Nov 2018
Mashable: It’s been 18 years and several thousand lifetimes since the contested Bush-Gore presidential elections of 2000. Yet “hanging chads” are still haunting us — but not in the way you might think.
Read moreOld electronic voting machines destroyed, buyers have to seek EC nod
18 Sep 2018
Hindustan Times: The EC’s clarification comes in the wake of allegations that the machines used during the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections, the results of which were announced on Thursday, were faulty.
Read moreDelaware’s first new voting machines in decades are on their way
18 Sep 2018
delaware online: Delawareans will soon cast their ballots on new voting machines for the first time in two decades.
Read moreVoting Machines: A Weak Link
18 Sep 2018
EE Times: CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — In my community, we vote by filling in circles on a paper sheet that goes into a scanner — we have a paper trail. Can such a process still be hacked? Yes, though paperless voting machines can more easily be hacked.
Read moreAdvocates say paper ballots are safest
14 Aug 2018
Bloomberg: As government officials warn of continuing cyberattacks intended to disrupt U.S. elections, Georgia is among 14 states heading into Election Day using touchscreen, computerized machines that don’t meet federal security guidelines because they produce no paper record—so voters can’t verify their choices and officials can’t audit the results.
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