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Ohio embracing more efficient way to audit state election results
In this photo illustration a pencil lies on a U.S. presidential election mail-in ballot. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images).
As lawmakers debate proposed changes to Ohio’s election system, the Secretary of State’s Office is planning ahead on ensuring future election results are accurate.
County boards of elections conduct General Election audits in midterm and presidential years, in accordance with state law. The results announced on election night are “unofficial” until they are officially certified by elections workers.
The audits help to make sure Ohio reports the correct winners through comparing a sample of paper ballots with the results produced by tabulation machine.
Election experts say giving Maricopa County routers to Arizona Senate s election auditors could be security threat Jen Fifield, Arizona Republic
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Routers serve as the mail carrier of a computer network: They deliver messages using maps of networks and computer addresses.
Think of it like a mail carrier who relies on maps and addresses to get mail to the right place.
Given access to the mail carriers or routers information, it would be easier for a bad actor to get access to a person s mail, or to target the information inside the network.
That s an analogy one tech expert – Matt Bernhard, a research engineer at Voting Works, a nonpartisan nonprofit that advocates for open source election technology gave while explaining the importance of keeping Maricopa County s routers secure.
Election experts say giving Maricopa County routers to election auditors could be security threat Jen Fifield, Arizona Republic UP NEXT
Routers serve as the mail carrier of a computer network: They deliver messages using maps of networks and computer addresses.
Think of it like a mail carrier who relies on maps and addresses to get mail to the right place.
Given access to the mail carriers or routers information, it would be easier for a bad actor to get access to a person s mail, or to target the information inside the network.
That s an analogy one tech expert – Matt Bernhard, a research engineer at Voting Works, a nonpartisan nonprofit that advocates for open source election technology gave while explaining the importance of keeping Maricopa County s routers secure.
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