The modest increase in internet voting is yet another example of how the pandemic has upended priorities across the United States
revealed multiple serious flaws and vulnerabilities, including some that left votes visible to interlopers and exposed them to tampering. Voatz largely dismissed the findings, but West Virginia ditched the company in favor of Democracy Live for its upcoming primary.
Democracy Live, the company providing Delaware’s new system, has tried to sidestep the controversy by contending it does not offer internet voting, even though its system allows voters to obtain, fill out and cast their ballots online using a computer, tablet or phone. Because election officials eventually print out the digitally transmitted ballots, the company says, the process involves a paper element and should not be described in terms that suggest an internet-only system.
“The system is not internet or online voting,” he told POLITICO. “When [the] Elections [Commission] downloads the voter’s marked ballot, a printed ballot is always generated for tabulation.” Hackers could install malware on a voter’s computer, tablet or smartphone that silently changes vote choices when the vote clicks the “Submit” button. “The best security people have no idea how to solve that problem,” said Wallach. “We just don’t know what to do.”
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