Georgia House approves new electronic voting machines
Source: Associated Press
Ben Nadler, Associated Press Updated 10:35 pm CST, Tuesday, February 26, 2019
ATLANTA (AP) Georgia House lawmakers on Tuesday approved moving the state to new electronic touchscreen voting machines that print a paper ballot, a big step toward replacing the current outdated system that offers no verifiable paper trail.
But critics say the proposal disregards cybersecurity experts who widely believe that hand-marked paper ballots are the most secure option.
The bill passed by a 101-72 vote, largely along partisan lines with Republicans in support. It now heads to the Senate for consideration.
The proposal comes months after a highly contentious race for Georgia governor between Democrat Stacey Abrams and Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, the winner. The election drew national attention and shook voter confidence after it was marred by issues including long voter lines, reports of malfunctioning voting machines, and high rates of rejected absentee ballots.
Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Georgia-House-approves-new-electronic-voting-13646878.php
The bill's author, Republican state Rep. Barry Fleming
JaneQPublic
(7,113 posts)My state --- Maryland ---- returned to paper ballots after ditching touchscreens for being hackable, expensive to service, and useless in a recount.
Judi Lynn
(160,621 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,706 posts)but touchscreens are problematic. Funny how we have a million ATMs around the country that are 99.9% accurate and we can't make a reliable voting machine that isn't hackable by the 9th grader playing around in grandma's basement.
We do mail in, hand filled out ballots and just went postage paid to send them in. There are better ways.
diva77
(7,656 posts)of votes being non-verifiable exists, plus the usual electronic voting machine vulnerabilities such as undetectable installation of malicious code.
excerpt from article link in OP:
"What we're concerned with is that some unobservable piece of technology will get between the formation of an intention in the voter's mind and the indelible transfer of that intention to a piece of paper. That is where the hack occurs," DeMillo said. "A hand-marked paper ballot imposes no intermediate technology."
K&R for exposure
truthisfreedom
(23,155 posts)Exactly who are the investors?
keithbvadu2
(36,906 posts)But printers were 'too expensive' to install on the machines.
They should be a double printed carbon copy, not a single print.