FExpressVote XL voting machines are displayed during a demonstration at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia. (Matt Rourke/AP)THE KEYElection security advocacy groups are suing the state of Pennsylvania today to stop some counties from using controversial voting machines they say are vulnerable to hacking by Russia and other adversaries in 2020. The groups say hackers could do far worse to these electronic machines if they tried. Concerns about hacking are supersized in Pennsylvania — a battleground state that could be vital to determining the next president. As states vary in their responses to the hacking threat, citizens are increasingly turning to the courts to challenge the security of their voting machines.

Source: Washington Post December 13, 2019 12:33 UTC