Amid hacking fears, key caucus states to use app for results

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Two of the first three states to vote in the Democratic presidential race will use new mobile apps to gather results from thousands of caucus sites — technology intended to make counting easier but that raises concerns of hacking or glitches. Democratic Party activists in Iowa and Nevada will use programs downloaded to their personal phones to report the results of caucus gatherings to the state headquarters. That data will then be used to announce the unofficial winners. Paper records will later be used to certify the results.
The party is moving ahead with the technology amid warnings that foreign hackers could target the 2020 presidential campaign to try to sow chaos and undermine American democracy. Party officials say they are cognizant of the threat and taking numerous security precautions. Any errors, they say, will be easily correctable because of backups.


“We continue to work closely with security experts to test our systems and identify incidents, including disinformation monitoring, and we are confident in the security systems we have in place,” said Iowa Democratic Party Chair Troy Price.

More at: https://www.chron.com/news/article/A...p-14985624.php

They really don't want Bernie to win.

[fedupinmo]

And of course when the "paper records" don't back up the original announcement, I'm sure they will be right up front with the flaws in the system. Confidence must be maintained at all costs, lest the peons demand the system be discarded.