At the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University, researchers have been able to reprogram the voting machine without even breaking the “tamper evident” seals. Over the years, the team at Princeton, cooperating with other researchers, has managed to disable and tamper with many direct recording electronic systems that use touch-screen computers without a verifiable paper trail.
This month August 2016, Jeh Johnson, the secretary of Homeland Security, said his department was concerned about infiltration of the nation’s electoral systems. Experts have warned about voting machine vulnerability for years, but nothing has changed.
The United States needs to return, as soon as possible, to a paper-based, auditable voting system in all jurisdictions. (NYT)