Swordsmyth
09-10-2017, 03:59 PM
The decision forces Virginia counties to swiftly replace any touchscreen devices with machines that produce a paper trail, ensuring the state can audit its closely watched gubernatorial race this November between Democrat Ralph Northam and Republican Ed Gillespie.
The Virginia State Board of Elections voted on Friday afternoon to accept a recommendation from the state's election office that it decertify the machines.
“The Department of Elections believes that the risks presented by using this equipment in the November general election are sufficiently significant to warrant immediate decertification to ensure the continued integrity of Virginia elections,” wrote Edgardo Cortés, the head of the Elections Department, in a memo (http://www.elections.virginia.gov/Files/Media/Agendas/2017/20170908BWP.pdf) to board members.
The decision to swap out touchscreen machines is “an extraordinary step forward for the integrity and security of Virginia's elections, allowing them to be audited and recounted in a meaningful way,” said David Jefferson, an election security expert who chairs the board of Verified Voting (https://www.verifiedvoting.org/verifier/#year/2017/state/51), a nonpartisan group that tracks election equipment nationwide.
More at: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/08/virginia-election-machines-hacking-target-242492
The Virginia State Board of Elections voted on Friday afternoon to accept a recommendation from the state's election office that it decertify the machines.
“The Department of Elections believes that the risks presented by using this equipment in the November general election are sufficiently significant to warrant immediate decertification to ensure the continued integrity of Virginia elections,” wrote Edgardo Cortés, the head of the Elections Department, in a memo (http://www.elections.virginia.gov/Files/Media/Agendas/2017/20170908BWP.pdf) to board members.
The decision to swap out touchscreen machines is “an extraordinary step forward for the integrity and security of Virginia's elections, allowing them to be audited and recounted in a meaningful way,” said David Jefferson, an election security expert who chairs the board of Verified Voting (https://www.verifiedvoting.org/verifier/#year/2017/state/51), a nonpartisan group that tracks election equipment nationwide.
More at: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/08/virginia-election-machines-hacking-target-242492