The bad news is that the money wasn’t targeted to those states that need it most - those with jurisdictions that use purely electronic voting machines that do not print a paper record of a vote. The good news is that all 50 states have applied for the federal money, and all but $36 million has been distributed. States apply to the Election Assistance Commission (EAC) for funds with state money representing 5 percent of the total. The good news is every state is eligible for the money.
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To its credit Congress in March made a one-time $380 million appropriation to help states update voting technology. As another hacker - who won’t be eligible to vote until 2025 - remarked, “We should have way secure because the Russians out there, people.” If this isn’t a wake-up call, I don’t know what is. The actual vote totals weren’t changed, but the reported results were. It took one 11-year-old all of 10 minutes to hack into a website akin to a Secretary of State’s that would report official election results. Moreover, part of the windowless conference room in Caesar’s Palace was set aside for children. According to CNN.com, “one hacker was essentially able to turn a voting machine into a jukebox, making it play music and display animations.” This year’s conference ended Sunday, and if anything, the news from the Voting Village is even worse. Participants with little prior knowledge and only limited tools and resources were quite capable of undermining the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of these systems.” According to a report on the Voting Village, “By the end of the conference, every piece of equipment in the Voting Village was effectively breached in some manner. The major story out of last year’s conference was a Voting Village in which hackers were invited to penetrate more than 25 pieces of election equipment, including voting machines and electronic pollbooks. They stand in contrast to “black hat hackers,” who break into systems and do something malicious. Although there are no guarantees, the notion is that most of the attendees are “white hat hackers,” specialists who break into protected systems in a benign exercise to improve security.
Attend the Brennan Legacy Awards DinnerĮvery year 25,000 hackers gather in Las Vegas at a convention known as DEF CON.Advance Constitutional Change Show / hide.National Task Force on Democracy Reform & the Rule of Law.Government Targeting of Minority Communities Show / hide.Campaign Finance in the Courts Show / hide.Gerrymandering & Fair Representation Show / hide.
Ensure Every American Can Vote Show / hide.
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