elections
U.S. Digital Response launches new election program
The civic-tech nonprofit recently received a large donation to expand its services for election officials, like voter information websites.
Election disinformation was a 'game changer,' Maricopa County, Ariz., CISO says
Lester Godsey, CISO for the nation's fourth-largest county, told an RSA Conference panel that government cybersecurity teams need to make countering disinformation a core service.
Is our elections infrastructure ready for the November election?
Ben Spear with the EI-ISAC and Spencer Wood, CIO of the Ohio secretary of state's office, say the nation's elections infrastructure is ready for November.
Senator floats emergency vote-by-mail in wake of coronavirus
Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden is proposing that every state offer all voters mail-in ballots if the COVID-19 crisis continues to worsen.
State election officials interested, but slow to adopt geospatial data
Election directors want to use geographic information systems to improve voter registration and precinct mapping, but many lack access, a new survey shows.
Researchers are trying to make U.S. elections more reliable — using maps
A group of state GIS officials and other researchers are working to correct flaws in precinct maps that could potentially throw the results of elections.
Big changes in store for state CIOs after 2018 elections
With 36 states electing governors, there could be major upheaval ahead for chief information officers and the strategic plans they oversee.
Blockchain-enabled voting has started in West Virginia
The state's overseas voters started casting ballots using a mobile app that runs on the decentralized ledger last Friday.
Incompatible file formats led Los Angeles County to drop 118,000 voters in California primary
A review of the June 5 mishap concludes it did not happen because of a "printing error," as officials said originally.