The Cybersecurity 202: How Colorado became the safest state to cast a vote - News Summed Up

The Cybersecurity 202: How Colorado became the safest state to cast a vote


Secretary of State Wayne Williams told me the state benefited from having some of those measures in place before 2016. The recommendations from experts and the federal government boil down to three main steps:Switch to paper ballots or voting machines that produce a paper trail. This creates a physical record of the vote and, unlike electronic voting machines or machines connected to the Internet, hand-marked ballots can’t be hacked. This creates a physical record of the vote and, unlike electronic voting machines or machines connected to the Internet, hand-marked ballots can’t be hacked. Delaware, Georgia, Louisiana, New Jersey and South Carolina all rely exclusively on electronic voting machines without a paper audit trail.


Source: Washington Post May 10, 2018 11:15 UTC



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