E-voting Security

ACCURATE

• Several colleagues and I were awarded an NSF center grant to establish ACCURATE, a center for Correct, Usable, Reliable, Auditable and Transparent Elections.

Brave New Ballot

Coming soon, my book on electronic voting security.

Analysis of an Electronic Voting System

• The paper that started everything. Click here for more information and to download the pdf.

Pre-election Op/Ed piece

• A week before the Presidential election on November 2, 2004, I wrote an Op/Ed piece about the security problems with paperless touchscreen voting machines. It appeared in the Baltimore Sun on Wednesday, October 27, 2004.

60 Minutes

• On October 27, 2004, the CBS show 60 Minutes - Wednesday, featured the topic of electronic voting. Click here to view the streaming video of the segment (about 14 minutes).

CNN - Lou Dobbs

• Lou Dobbs featured a series of segments on electronic voting in late June and early July, 2006. They are about 2-3 minutes long each.
  Click to view: Segment 1, Segment 2, Segment 3.

NPR

• National Public Radio has covered electronic voting quite a bit. Here are a few of the stories that can still be heard.
  • All Things Considered, Security of High-Tech Voting in Doubt, August 11, 2003.
  • Morning Edition, Reliability of Voting Machines Questioned, September 25, 2003.
  • All Things Considered, Recall Results Put Focus Back on Voting Machines, October 10, 2003.
  • Morning Edition, Electronic Voting Results Spark Skepticism, November 12, 2004.
  • Talk of the Nation, Voting Technology, November 11, 2005.
  • Weekend Edition, Security Risk Seen in Electronic Voting Machines, May 20, 2006.
  • The Diane Rehm show, Electronic Voting Machines, July 5, 2006.

CSPAN - Washington Journal

• On November 13, 2004, I was interviewed on the call in show Washington Journal. Since it was 30 minutes, I broke it down into 3 ten minute web streams.
  • Stream 1
  • Stream 2
  • Stream 3

Analysis of the Venezuelan election data

• Ed Felten, Adam Stubblefield and I analyzed the data we received from the opposition party about the referendum on recalling Venezuelan president Chavez, that was held on August 15. Here is our report. Available in both English and Spanish.

A Challenge to the Voting Community

• People often talk about "hacking challenges" and the like. I think that the proposals I have heard are misguided. I've written up what I think is a challenge that actually makes sense. If there were any way to make this happen, perhaps the secretaries of state who make purchasing decisions could exercise the leverage they have over the vendors, I think it would be very convincing.

Poll worker

• My experience as an election judge in Baltimore County in the March 2 primary and the November 2 general election. Click here to read about it.

EAC hearings

• I testified before the U.S. Election Assistance (EAC) Commission on May 5, 2004. Click here to download the pdf of my testimony.
• I testified before the EAC again on June 30, 2005. Click here to download the pdf of my testimony from that hearing.

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

• The Daily Show featured a hilarious spoof of e-voting that featured a clip from an old interview I did with the CBS Evening News as the "moment of zen". Click here to view the streaming video of the segment (about 5 minutes).

SERVE

• I was part of the review team of the government's proposed SERVE project for Internet voting for military and overseas civillians. Click here for our report.