TOWSON INVESTIGATES

How Safe Are Voting Machines? DOD-Funded Lab IDs Vulnerabilities

UMD, Towson Aim to Help Election Office, Boost Public’s Confidence

By Laura Barnhardt Cech, Maryland Today

Could a voting machine be lost or stolen? Would a loose wire in the machine skew the tally? Could a sophisticated cyberattack go undetected?

A team of students and researchers from Towson University and the University of Maryland is trying to chart every conceivable way of breaching the voting machines used by most Americans to ensure no flaws are overlooked and that election officials can address vulnerabilities.

By also evaluating the relative likelihood FINISH READING HERE

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