In this article, the author introduces about 6 ways to fight election hacking and voter fraud.
- Use paper ballots to establish a backup record of each vote. Using this way because even though devices and computers do not connect to internet, it is still hard to protect them from cyber threats. Therefore, each computer should generate paper records for votes.
- Outlaw any kind of internet voting – from now. Some states allow people to vote online, or vote by sending emails. It is not secure for data. Hacker could intercept these information and make changes. Therefore, internet voting should be terminated.
- Verify election results. All elective results should be audited publicly and transparently to make sure the results are accurately. Risk limiting audits should be conduct to double check the vote validation.
- Crosscheck voter registrations nationwide to weed out duplicates. All states should compare the registration database to make sure there is no duplicated vote in different states.
- Make voting by mail more secure. Mailing voting is securer than internet voting. Even though that has a risk of theft, the government has a system for people to verify their mails have been delivered.
- Spend more to make elections trustworthy. The government should spend more money on United States Election Assistance Commission. People can use that money to improve management and securer technologies.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/06/us/election-security-expert-panel.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FComputer%20Security%20(Cybersecurity)&action=click&contentCollection=timestopics®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=1&pgtype=collection
Yingyan Wang says
These 6 ways to secure election and voting are interesting. Internet voting is not ideal because there are some cyber risks exist such as hackers may be able to manipulate the voting results. And crosschecking voter registrations is also important to ensure no duplicates during voting so that integrity of election results is maintained.
Ruby(Qianru) Yang says
Hi Xinteng, great article. It’s interesting to know that Americans voted in 178,217 precincts and 116,990 polling places. Each state controls its own election procedures, and officials jealously guard their authority against federal interference.