- Hiring IT professionals (36%)
- Procuring Voting Machines (28%)
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CAMPAIGN TREND. Apple Blossom State. Election Security. 5 Point Plan.
Michigan Secretary of State Democratic candidate is proposing this election security plan:
- Post-election audits requirement
- Standardizing poll worker training
- Convening a commission of top election security experts to advise Michigan
- Stronger penalties for tampering with voting machines
- Switching Michigan to a different system to crosscheck voter files against other states
WKAR | Democratic Secretary Of State Nominee Targets Election Security
+2 States End Online Voting
Washington and Alaska ended their online voting in response to hacking threats.
10 Minutes to Hack an Election Website by an 11 year old
An 11 year old hacked a replica of Florida’s election results website in 10 minutes and change names and tallies.
10 minutes to fake election results.
Reuters | Boy, 11, hacks into replica U.S. vote website in minutes at convention
Campaign TREND. 2 Election Security Plans.
Campaign: For Massachusetts election official, the Secretary of State
The 2 competing election hacking plans:
- Plan 1:
- add 7-10 full-time cybersecurity specialists
- create the Cybersecurity Operations Center
- operate on a 24/7 basis and monitor the office’s voting data
- risk-limiting audits to be conducted after all state and federal elections
- Plan 2 from the 7 term incumbent
- continue to only use paper ballots
- store voters’ personal information off the internet
- exisiting IT…
Campaign & Lege TREND. Data Collection by Businesses. 1st Proposal in the Nation.
A ballot proposition in California would:
- allow Californias to tell businesses not to sell their personal information
- permit Californians lawsuits if a business fails to implement reasonable security procedures and later suffered a data breach
- creates a right to know for consumers to know when a business sells or discloses their information for a business purpose
Exception to the ballot proposal?
business that collect less than $50 million in annual revenue and meet certain other standards…
Campaign TREND. +1 State Moving to Regulate Bitcoin Campaign Contributions
State: California
California Regulatory Agency: California Fair Political Practices Commission
Recommendation from the California Agency Legal Counsel:
- cryptocurrency contributions do not violate the state’s Political Reform Act
- BUT, “could be significant difficulties in establishing the true source of bitcoin donors”
Campaign Trend. Campaign Site Hacks During Debates
A Mexican political party challenging the front runner in the Mexican Presidential elections, had its cmapaign website hacked during a live debate.
The DDoS attack resulted in the campaign’s site being down for the debate.
Reuters | Cyber attack on Mexico campaign site triggers election nerves.
Campaign TREND. Blockchain Voting App Test in West Virginia. 3 Key Points to be Informed.
State: West Virginia
The blockchain voting pilot program: secure military mobile voting in two counties
How does the blockcahin voting app work?
- biometrics to verify voter identity
- records the vote from the mobile device onto a “chain”
- the vote is then verified by 3rd party
State Tech | West Virginia Pilots First Blockchain-Powered Federal Voting App
+1 State Considering Bitcoin Campaign Contributions. 5 Quick Points. Be informed in 5 seconds.
State: Colorado
Proposed Rules for bitcoin campaign contributions will:
- follow along with the FEC
- A Colorado Governor candidate was one of the 1st campaigns to accept bitcoin during the candidates congressional run
- includes accounting rules
- that liken cryptocurrency to inkind contributions
- any crypto currency contributions count toward contribution limits