@AppDefects wrote:
Election officials are “doing quality control checks, making sure the numbers are accurate".
An aide to a top Democratic campaign said their operation doesn’t “know what’s going on” but “something is clearly up”. Well, we all know too well the dangers of electronic voting...
Wow, who could possible have predicted problems here?
This Is The Buzzy Democratic Firm That Botched The Iowa Caucuses (Huffpost)
The app tasked with reporting the results of the Iowa caucus has crashed, delaying the results (TechCrunch)
App Used to Tabulate Votes Is Said to Have Been Inadequately Tested (NY Times)
From the NY Times article:
Matt Blaze, a professor of computer science and law at Georgetown, said that introducing apps in the midst of an election posed many problems. Any type of app or program that relies on using a cellphone network to deliver results is vulnerable to problems both on the app and on the phones being used to run it, he said.
“The consensus of all experts who have been thinking about this is unequivocal,” Mr. Blaze added. “Internet and mobile voting should not be used at this time in civil elections.”
Any technology, he said, should be tested and retested by the broader cybersecurity community before being publicly introduced, to test for anything ranging from a small bug to a major vulnerability.
“I think the most important rule of thumb in introducing technology into voting is be extremely conservative,” he said.
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Craig
