Voting Security Has Come A Long Way Since 2016 — But Vulnerabilities Remain
Voting Security Has Come A Long Way Since 2016 — But Vulnerabilities Remain Enlarge this image toggle caption David J. Phillip/AP David J. Phillip/AP Government officials have spent the year touting Tuesday's election as potentially the "most secure" in the nation's history. "My confidence in the security of your vote has never been higher," said Chris Krebs, the director of the Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity arm, in an election security video featuring a number of top national security officials released last month. "The truth is that two decades after the Florida 2000 election debacle created a rift in the country, and four years after Russian interference in the 2016 election profoundly deepened that divide, the U.S. lacks satisfactory, uniform mechanisms for resolving questions about elections and verifying results," as journalist Kim Zetter wrote in Politico. Sponsor Message The amount of early voting that's occurred this year for example — 97 million votes and counting as of Monday afternoon — decreases the effectiveness that any one cyberattack could have at a single time, whether it sought to change votes or influence voters' opinions on behalf of the candidates. "
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