Voting machines must remain secure throughout their entire service lifetime, and this study demonstrates how a relatively new programming technique can be used to take control of a voting machine that ...

Computer-science researchers from Johns Hopkins University and Rice University are heaping criticism on electronic voting machines built by Diebold Election Systems, based on software code for the ...

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Would you do your holiday shopping at a site where you knew the computer network was being overseen by people with little or no training in security? Would you bank or invest online at a company that ...

A May 24 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) claimed a key battleground state is making a major change to its election protocol. “The Arizona state legislature banned electronic voting machines ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The days of coloring in a bubble for the person you want to vote for, are over. Starting with village elections in March, people who vote in Monroe County will do so on new ...

When we talk about a “computer” today, we generally picture an electronic machine that can perform various kinds of mathematical operations, manage its program flow, move data from one place to ...

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