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WE CAN DETER AND RECOVER FROM THESE THREATS:
1. Old-fashioned dishonest political bosses
2. Criminal groups want to choose sheriff, prosecutor or judge, to avoid prison.
3. Thieves want to benefit from millions of dollars in contracts, land use decisions or other regulations. Governments in the US spend $7 trillion per year, and are chosen by 100 million ballots per year. So the average ballot controls $70,000 of spending, half federal, half state and local.
4. Foreigners want to support one side, or destabilize government by defeating incumbents. Republicans think domestic hackers are more likely. Democrats think foreigners are a bigger threat. Voters in whichever party wins have little support for reform.
5. Examples of software errors and hackers, in elections and elsewhere
Check election results
How does each state check (audit)?
Check absentee ballots
Many comparions of state election rules
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Hacks & bugs
Errors by election machines in past elections
Equipment is at high risk at manufacturers
Hacks of offline computers
Check election results
Citizens check counts in some states
Find their staff
Comments on Federal & state laws & rules
Prosecutions are rare; penalties are light
Other basic issues for good elections
Tally sheets for hand counting
Manuals for Poll Workers
Election website reviews:
Connecticut 2014
Texas 2022
Election office procedures + contracts:
Drop boxes
Processing absentee ballots
Logs & contracts involving absentee ballots
Transcribing unreadable ballots
Providing election results online
Letters answering requests for records
Chart of answers
Costs of administering elections
Tiny staffs check voting machines
Locks, seals, transport, storage for ballots
Stories about machine scans of ballots
Issues with citizens checking voter registration lists
Worldwide information
News about election processes:
Votebeat articles mostly on swing states
College journalism on state governments
