The U.S. nonprofit Center for Internet Security is in the midst of creating a national testing program for technology central to.
So far, states have been monitoring individually the technology responsible for election operations but CIS hopes to change that by providing the nation's first uniform testing program in September 2023, right before the 2024 presidential election.Chris Wlaschin, senior vice president for Election Systems & Software, a leading voting machine manufacturer that also produces electronic pollbooks. “I think as more election officials learn about it, the more they’re going to ask for it.
How the new testing program will affect the 2024 presidential election remains to be seen as it relies heavily on how many state election offices will use it. However, there is a wide-ranging initial interest in the new tech.
And elections need a solution immediately, especially as the use of electronic systems has grown in recent years, attracting those seeking to mess with the U.S. elections.for those wanting to disrupt voting and spread doubts about the security of elections. Those helping with the new security technology testing program say the system already has had a positive effect in boosting confidence in the election tech.