“Mobile voting systems completely run counter to the overwhelming consensus of every expert in the field,” said Matt Blaze, a computer scientist at Georgetown University and a seasoned election security researcher. “This is incredibly unwise.”
Researchers have not identified any specific security problems with Voatz, but broader concerns about the app and election security in general have spurred greater scrutiny of it. In November, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore.,Despite expert opposition, a growing number of counties across the U.S. are adopting Voatz or other forms of smartphone voting. In 2018, West Virginia was the first state — and remains the only one — that offered all counties the option to use Voatz for military and overseas voters.
Warner said he hadn’t fully committed to Voatz being the app he’d give to counties, and was waiting for Voatz to complete a security audit. “The fact that it’s worked for us before and it’s secure means it’s likely we’ll go that direction,” he said. The Department of Homeland Security, the federal agency that offers election security assistance and advice to state and county election officials, declined to comment. But its top cybersecurity official, Chris Krebs, has repeatedly cited the National Academy of SciencesBut allowing voters withto online voting is a matter of “risk benefit analysis,” Warner said. A 2017 Government Accountability Office study found that polling places are rife with difficulties for people with disabilities.
PUTIN LIKEY THIS...
Voter fraud is inevitable.
Yeah that's not gonna cause Voter Fraud 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡
This gives the left more opportunities to cheat!
All smart phones are not equal. A sufficiently current phone (hardware+OS) is not inexpensive. Application software for towns and communities is not cookie cutter, free or well tested. It likely needs doxing location data to ensure the voter is local. Cell phone coverage?
Doesn’t sound like a good idea.
Well this sounds like a smart plan. Bought and paid for by Democrats. The only way to win
So Russians can easily hack in & change your vote to help RUSSIAN REPUBLICANS stay in power.
jayci63 I don’t like this!
ismh Oh god no Jesus Christ no. Accessibility is great. Make people print ballots and vote by mail to do it. Computers. Will. Get. Hacked. It is just a matter of time with an inverse rule of the size of the target.
maggieNYT Guys, who DOESN'T trust WV to be the absolute best place for high tech voting to start? They're famous for their modernity and wide swath of available tech experts. Why, this can't fail.
TedNesi 'Extra Ice Cream for Bernie voters!' - Dem owned rehab facility probs
TedNesi What could possibly go wrong...
Alot of ppl there with disabilities
Government is responsible for the security?
Oh, the DNC is lickings its chops over this one. Another way for them to illegally manipulate elections.
JMJ! We need HandMarkedPaperBallots. Period!!
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maggieNYT Got to find a more secure way. Send paper ballots w/pd Return postage.
Thst doesnt sound fraught or anything
maggieNYT Nope, before being used, every investor and stakeholder needs to be disclosed. There is so much that can go wrong.
maggieNYT What could possibly go wrong?
maggieNYT With face and voice recognition voting machines would be trumped. Every voter able to get to the polls. Voter purges could be combatted. All in favour.
maggieNYT Literally every cyber security person agrees that this is a terrible idea.
maggieNYT Anything other than paper ballots will be hacked. A better headline would be: “West Virginia Prevent the Disabled from Voting.”
Texas needs this. I know Super Tuesday here will set a new voting record in the primary. I use a cane and cannot stand for long periods of time so I have to take a folding chair with me. I’m voting no matter what I have to do in order to help remove IMPOTUS & any (R) possible
What could go wrong 😂
maggieNYT
maggieNYT What could possibly go wrong
Great poor W. Virginians.... this is not safe at all.
This seems like an awful idea.
Now the rest of us.
Hopefully not rigged-up, as many voting ballots have been done..
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maggieNYT the irony
maggieNYT Si...
Beautiful