A Better Way to Vote
A Better Way to Vote The November 5, 2024 election went pretty well, but far from perfect. The election faced various issues for voters across the country, from misinformation and cybersecurity threats to logistical problems at polling sites. There were some localized challenges, such as delays, equipment and software issues. Administrative issues potentially hindered […]
Time for Internet Voting?
Time for Internet Voting? The House Committee on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms in Manila, Philippines approved the proposed Overseas Voting Act of 2023. The Bill would allow overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to vote via the internet. This is great news and I hope other countries, including the United States, will adopt such forward thinking. One […]
Hackers and Voting Machines
A number of readers have asked for a perspective on the news story about a Las Vegas conference where hackers were able to easily break in to 30 voting machines. First of all, despite the sensational headlines, the successful hacking should be no surprise. I wrote about this more than a year ago in Election […]
Russian Hacking
As I described in an audio podcast last week (click here if you would like to listen to the interview), Russian hacking is not the most important story for the press to be spending so much time on. The Russians have been using propaganda and information related techniques to meddle for decades. That is nothing […]
Digital Politics: Russian Hacking
Karen Jagoda, President at E-Voter Institute, interviewed me last week for Digital Politics. She asked really good questions about Russian hacking and what is holding back Internet voting. Karen said, “John reminds us that there is no national voting infrastructure but rather hundreds of systems used by state and local authorities to register voters, and allow […]
