How Secure Are US Elections? Voting Machine Risks and the Growing Threat of AI
The integrity of the US voting system is a continuing concern, involving machine tampering, ballot counting, and voter influence. These all have some cybersecurity relevance. Other concerns include accurate voter registration, differing voter ID requirements across states, and the potential for voter fraud where identity verification measures are considered insufficient. Those are a different kettle of issues that are largely although not necessarily outside the scope of cybersecurity and not discussed here.
The Process
Voting: casting and counting
The US voting process is a state-run multi-stage operation. Processes vary by state and county. Most voters mark paper ballots by hand, but here we focus on jurisdictions that use ballot-marking devices for in-person voting, which carry the most cybersecurity relevance.
Furthermore, although voters may have the option for mail-in voting, we’ll focus on Election Day in-person voting via voting machines. Here, the voter indicates the candidate of choice on the voting...
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