Election Technology
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By-mail options for voters in the state’s most populous city include casting ballots electronically, which has been offered since 2018. A more recent “secure document portal” further empowers residents. -
After an evaluation earlier this year, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission found the county’s voting system, facility security and counting procedures to be “comprehensive and thoroughly followed.”
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Commissioners approved discarding 95 outdated electronic pollbooks and other voting equipment. The county officials also created a new 2025 Election Security Grant Fund, to manage $10,000 in state cybersecurity funds.
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U.S. District Judge Amy Totenberg ruled against switching the state to paper ballots filled out by hand, writing that it was too late to make such a sweeping change that could disrupt the election.
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SponsoredToo many governments still rely on paper, but that’s starting to change.
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Bracing for a potential swell in foreign interference, the Centennial State has brought on a new team of national security experts to monitor and mitigate potential threats against county election systems.
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Because the current registration system does not stop a would-be voter from registering multiple times, the already strained staff of the Daviess County Clerk’s Office is having to verify each application against state records.
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The $28,423.50 grant from the Center for Tech and Civic Life must be used to improve election security. Officials say the money will help purchase scanning equipment and software for signature verifications.
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Florida is extending its deadline to register to vote after problems and a glitch with the state's online registration system.
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The dispute revolved around the process through which would-be voters ask county boards of elections to send them absentee ballots. It would not have affected return delivery of the absentee ballots themselves.
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Election officials say the warehouse used to store voting machines was burglarized earlier this week. Officials say there is little to no risk that the stolen computer and drives will lead to voter fraud or manipulation.
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Georgia election officials told a federal judge that they’ll quickly correct a problem with touchscreen voting computers that left off the names of some of the 21 candidates in a special election for the U.S. Senate.
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Still investigating a ransomware attack last week that targeted its internal corporate network, Tyler Technologies is recommending that its clients change passwords and credentials as a precaution.
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As city, county and state governments of all sizes work to shore up their cybersecurity before the 2020 presidential election, IT heads must not overlook one of the most basic defenses: password management.
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Responding to a flurry of online concern about the fact that the company makes software for posting election results, Tyler Technologies said that product isn’t hosted on the network that got hit.
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South Carolina needed upgraded voting equipment to streamline the state's election processes. The state was granted $5 million for electronic poll books.
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The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are warning the public of the possibility of disinformation campaigns following the upcoming presidential elections in November.
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Residents testing the county’s new touchscreen voting machines seemed pleased with the new technology. Most county voters will use the full system for the first time in the Nov. 3 general election.
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Russian agents reportedly placed malware in U.S. voter registration systems in 2016 and are actively interfering in the 2020 election. Here's the state of election cybersecurity.
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Journalist Bob Woodward’s new book “Rage” sheds light on the Florida counties targeted by Russian hackers during the 2016 presidential elections. Officials say Miami-Dade leads the state in security upgrades.
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A new report from the Brennan Center explores how online disinformation has become a tool of voter suppression and what government and voting rights advocates can do to defend the election process.
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