Internet Voting
Disappointing Reversal on Transparency and Security for Washington Elections
A bill aimed at reducing restriction to voting for military and other overseas voters passed the Washington State Senate by a 47-1 vote on Friday. Senate Bill 5171 contains many provisions that will certainly make voting easier for Washington citizens living overseas including moving the primary election date two weeks earlier and meeting requirements... »
In D.C.’s Web Voting Test, the Hackers Were the Good Guys
Last month, the District conducted an Internet voting experiment that resulted in a team from the University of Michigan infiltrating election computers so completely that they were able to modify every ballot cast and all election outcomes without ever leaving their offices. They also retrieved the username and password for every eligible overseas voter... »
E-voting: How secure is it?
More than half of all states in the U.S. will allow some kind of internet voting this year. But security experts say it’s a mistake and puts the nation at risk. Posted at CSO.com. Read the entire article here. Election fraud and vote tampering is as old as government. Before the American Revolution, most... »
Washington Post: Flaws in D.C.’s online voting system should serve as a warning to all states
The District’s experiment with online voting got national headlines when a team of computer scientists infiltrated the system. Votes cast for registered candidates were switched to votes for evil science-fiction robots; the hackers left, as their calling card, the University of Michigan fight song. D.C. officials shouldn’t be embarrassed, because their willingness to have... »
Hacking the D.C. Internet Voting Pilot
This article was posted at Ed Felten’s “Freedom to Tinker” blog and is re-posted with permission. The District of Columbia is conducting a pilot project to allow overseas and military voters to download and return absentee ballots over the Internet. Before opening the system to real voters, D.C. has been holding a test period... »
Time Magazine: Will Online Voting Turn Into an Election Day Debacle?
A little more than 24 hours after online ballots started pouring into the Washington, D.C., Board of Elections and Ethics in late September, it became apparent that something was amiss. Washington’s newly elected U.S. Representative went by the name of Colossus. A villainous computer from science-fiction lore captured the city-council chairmanship. And 15 seconds... »
Dangers of Internet Voting Confirmed
For years, computer security experts have said that casting ballots using the Internet cannot be done securely. Now, after a team from the University of Michigan successfully hacked the Washington D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics (DCBOEE) public test of Internet voting, we have a visceral demonstration of just how serious the threats really... »
Washington State: Coalition Calls For Halt to E-mail Ballot Program
This week, as University of Michigan computer technologists revealed in stark fashion the risks of Internet voting, Verified Voting, Common Cause, and Voter Action worked to halt an effort to expand the electronic return of voted ballots in Washington State. The Secretary of State of Washington has proposed an emergency rule that would allow... »
Verified Voting Lauds Successful Test Hack of Internet Voting Pilot
Documents Insecurity of Internet Voting Verified Voting applauds the decision of the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics to suspend their plan to offer overseas voters the dangerous option of returning their voted ballots by a “digital vote by mail” Internet voting system. The District’s plans to continue other Internet-based ballot return... »
The meaning of Alex Halderman’s successful attack on the DC Internet voting system
Guest post by Dr. David Jefferson, computer scientist at Livermore National Laboratories* and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Verified Voting. University of Michigan Prof. Alex Halderman has now released some details about his successful attack on the District of Columbia’s proposed Internet voting system which has been under test for the last... »
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