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) http://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/post-election-audits635926066.aspx https://www.verifiedvoting.org/verifier/#year/2018/state/18 https://www.in.gov/sos/elections/files/Vanderburgh_Vote_Center_Plan.pdf https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/democracy/reports/2018/02/12/446336/election-security-50-states/ Voting Machines in Indiana: . https://www.in.gov/sos/elections/2652.htm