Friday, September 07, 2018

Science academies urge paper ballots for all US elections

Science academies urge paper ballots for all US elections
"No Internet technology is safe, secure or reliable for voting, find National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.---Heidi Ledford
See the source imagePaper ballots that can be tallied by hand are the most secure way to conduct an election, according to a report from the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
The report, released on 6 September, calls for all US elections to be conducted using such ballots by the 2020 presidential election. 
It comes after US intelligence agencies concluded that the Russian government backed attempts to infiltrate the United States’ election infrastructure during the 2016 presidential election.
...The report says it is safe for paper ballots to be counted by a machine using an optical scanner, but it stipulates that recounts and audits should be conducted by hand.
It also recommends the immediate removal of voting machines that do not allow manual auditing."

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