'Online and vulnerable': Experts find nearly three dozen U.S. voting systems connected to internet

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It was an assurance designed to bolster public confidence in the way America votes: Voting machines “are not connected to the internet.”

Then Acting Undersecretary for Cybersecurity and Communications at the Department of Homeland Security Jeanette Manfra said those words in 2017, testifying before Congress while she was responsible for the security of the nation’s voting system.

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But that is an overstatement, according to a team of 10 independent cybersecurity experts who specialize in voting systems and elections. While the voting machines themselves are not designed to be online, the larger voting systems in many states end up there, putting the voting process at risk.

That team of election security experts say that last summer, they discovered some systems are, in fact, online.


the article goes on to say they have already found 35 systems on line and they are finding more

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/online-vulnerable-experts-find-nearly-three-dozen-u-s-voting-n1112436


our system of counting votes is not safe or secure and it certainly is not transparent

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1. I don't mind waiting a day for HONEST results

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2. me either

the process should be transparent too, so we don't have to wonder if the results are honest

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3. ES&S, the largest vendor in the US, has been installing remote access software in their voting

machines for years. SEnator Wyden has been on this for years. He was talking about it again last Sunday in a town hall i attended.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mb4ezy/top-voting-machine-vendor-admits-it-installed-remote-access-software-on-systems-sold-to-states

Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States
Remote-access software and modems on election equipment 'is the worst decision for security short of leaving ballot boxes on a Moscow street corner.'

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4. sen wyden has been a leader in this area but we need others to come on board

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5. Paper ballots can be verified by people.

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6. yes paper ballots counted openly and honestly by citizens is the only legitiment way to run an

election