Chicago gets new ‘giant iPad’-style electronic voting machines
24 Feb 2020
Chicago Sun*Times: New electronic voting machines were rolled out in Chicago this week — just in time for early voting for next month’s primary elections.
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New federal guidelines could ban internet in voting machines
1 Nov 2019
Politico – A long-awaited update to federal voting technology standards could ban voting machines from connecting to the internet or using any wireless technology such as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.
Read moreWhy over 130,000 new voting machines could lead to more distrust in U.S. elections
10 Oct 2019
Salon – Across America, counties and states have acquired at least 130,000 new precinct voting machines that will debut in 2020’s primaries
Read moreHacking a voting machine is getting easier
7 Oct 2019
Fox News – At the world’s premier hackers convention, hacking a voter system was as easy as ever, according to media reports.
Read moreNamibia – Voting machines to be tested in public
25 Jul 2019
Namibian – THE Electoral Commission of Namibia will hold a public event where technicians will test the electronic voting machines (EVMs) for possible defects.
Read morePhilippines – 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
Read moreBulgaria’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 […]
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