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4 Points from Techies About the Texas Voter Record Exposure

a single file containing an estimated 14.8 million records was left unsecured, without a password, online
File ownership is not clear but is likely “Data Trust, a Republican-focused data analytics firm created by the GOP”
data includes fields that might score an individual’s believed views on immigration, hunting, abortion rights, government spending and views on the Second Amendment
data also includes additional personal information, such as a person’s phone numbers and their ethnicity and…

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

Indiana Secretary of State outreach plan touting a secure election contains:

television, radio, and print ads stressing voter registration deadline
- safe, secure, and reliable voter registration, go to Indianavoters.com.”
refers to the IN election system as “he healthiest 200-year-old”
touting security measures:
- stresses none of Indiana’s voting machines are connected to the internet
- Ball State tests the state’s voting systems

Removing a requirement for a paper count of ballots as a post-election audit method.

The statement from Verified Voting.

Florida offers local governments election security grants that:

Can purchase electronic poll registers to prevent double voting
Can purchase and install off-site server
Provide for hiring an IT professional to implement the new off-site server
Offers local governments an opportunity for backups in place to resume the continuity of operations instantaneously

Washington and Alaska ended their online voting in response to hacking threats.

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.

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…

Montana’s Top Election official said hackers entered their systems during the 2016 election.