Election security

Altering Voter Registration Databases to Tilt the Election

The recent penetrations of state voter registration databases in Arizona and Illinois have, so far, been limited to data exfiltration. Much of the information contained in voter registration databases is public anyway, so the primary concern is whether voter intimidation on a large scale is possible because personal information such as addresses is now collected in one place.

But a scenario in which improper access enables hackers to selectively manipulate voter registrations, such as by deleting 10% of the registration records associated with Democrats, is far more worrisome...