Election Security in Indiana

Election Security Presentation
to the League of Women Voters of Southwestern Indiana on October 4, 2019
By Linda Hanson, Indiana League of Women Voters co-President

RESOURCES:

Securing the Nation’s Voting Machines: A Toolkit for Advocates and Election Officials
Principles and Best Practices for Post-Election Audits
https://electionaudits.org/principles.html

A searchable database cataloging current state laws that require and regulate post-election audits is available at https://www.verifiedvoting.org/state-audit-laws .

IN Secretary of State website: https://www.in.gov/sos/elections/2393.htm

Baseline standards
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/democracy/reports/2018/02/12/446336/election-security-50-states/

Analysis & Recommendations
Securing the Vote: Protecting American Democracy. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. http://nap.edu/25120 or
https://www.nap.edu/catalog/25120/securing-the-vote-protecting-american-democracy

REFERENCES:

9/29/2019 FEC chair Ellen Weintraub says GOP commissioner blocked weekly digest from being disseminated - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/28/elections-chief-says-gop-colleague-blocked-wide-release-her-foreign-activity-memo/?wpisrc=nl_most&wpmm=1

National Association of Secretaries of State, “NASS Interim Position on Potential Federal Election Funding,” https://www.nass.org/node/1556

https://www.wired.com/story/voting-village-results-hacking-decade-old-bugs/
https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000162-644f-d8c2-a77e-ec5f91420000
https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2018/06/heres-how-380-million-election-security-funding-being-spent/148953/
https://www.npr.org/2019/09/20/762499808/senate-breaks-logjam-on-election-security-cash-but-activists-say-more-is-needed
https://www.theindianalawyer.com/articles/indiana-election-upgrade-leaves-widespread-paperless-voting

Fort Wayne News Sentinel

https://www.news-sentinel.com/opinion/2019/09/30/news-sentinel-editorial-paper-trail-should-help-indiana-voters-feel-confident-their-votes-are-secure/

https://www.govtech.com/security/Indiana-Putting-10-Million-Toward-Elect...Security.html

Brennan Center

https://www.brennancenter.org/analysis/americas-voting-machines-risk-an-update(3/8/2018, by Lawrence Norden and Wilfred U. Codrington III)

Defending Elections: Federal Funding Needs for State Election Security. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/defending-elections-federal-funding-needs-state-election-security

http://www.brennancenter.org/press-release/national-security-tech-and-election-officials-states-best-practices-should-guide-how

National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)