News tagged with voting security

Internet voting still faces hurdles in US

Shop online. Bank online. Why not vote online?

Technology / Other

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 8

Even careful hand counts can produce election errors: research

Polls show tight races in several of the 10 states holding nominating contests for the Republican presidential nominee on Super Tuesday, March 6. If any state's results are very close and a recount by hand ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

D.C. hacking raises questions about future of online voting

For the upcoming election, Washington, D.C., was preparing to allow some voters to send their ballots in over the Internet. It's a good thing election officials tested the system first.

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created Nov 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

As e-voting comes of age, security fears mount

New technologies allowing voters to cast ballots via the Internet or other electronic means are catching on in the United States and elsewhere, even as fears mount about security of the systems.

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created Oct 24, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Computer scientists take over electronic voting machine with new programming technique (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Computer scientists demonstrated that criminals could hack an electronic voting machine and steal votes using a malicious programming approach that had not been invented when the voting machine ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 7

Improving the security of Internet exchanges

(PhysOrg.com) -- TLS is the main protocol used today to secure exchanges over the Internet. The protocol has been subject to attacks in recent years, resulting in identity theft and data tampering. To address these problems, ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0