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Although electronic voting machines have become a regular feature at the ballot box, a growing number of critics have raised concerns about the machines' security, reliability and accuracy.
Voters use electronic machines to vote at a polling place during primary voting. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images) LAS VEGAS — We’ve officially entered the era of the hackable election. It ...
Most electronic voting machines don't create a paper trail but voting officials in Austin are trying to marry the convenience of electronic machines with a paper trail that can be audited.
While it’s understandable to expect slight variations from state to state, you would imagine that there would be some controls in place to make sure the code of voting machines would be secure.
Election Day 2012 is just around the corner, and many Americans will be casting their ballots on electronic voting machines. But how reliable are these devices? Michael Alvarez, professor of ...
Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson takes a look at security issues with the machines ahead of November's midterms with the president of Verified Voting, a nonpartisan nonprofit.
The software in electronic voting machines is unbelievably complex, and it's supposed to meet federal standards. But the computer manufacturers don't let just anyone look at it.
So how safe are our voting machines from politically-motivated hackers wanting to manipulate millions of electronic votes on November 8? Maybe not nearly as much as they should be, as it turns out.
WASHINGTON — Paperless electronic voting machines used throughout much of the country “cannot be made secure,” according to draft recommendations issued this week by a federal agency that ...
Since states began introducing electronic voting machines and other technology in the voting process, digitizing various aspects of voting has been a boon for democracy in many ways.
Electronic voting machines (EVMs) are utilized for Lok Sabha and assembly elections but are unsuited for presidential and vice-presidential polls, which use proportional representation. Developed in ...
Election Day 2012 is just around the corner, and many Americans will be casting their ballots on electronic voting machines. But how reliable are these devices? Michael Alvarez, professor of ...