"All cyber security experts who have given electronic voting machines any thought agree, these machines have got to go," said Alex Halderman in the video. "Paper plus audits; all elections should be done this way," During the 4-minute video, Halderman demonstrates how to hack into electronic voting machines while holding a mock election at the U of Michigan. He is able to manipulate the vote causing Ohio State to win.

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Democracy lovers: Please take 4 minutes to watch this excellent video from the New York Times! The title says it all " I Hacked an Election. So Can the Russians."

https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000005790489/i-hacked-an-election-so-can-the-russians.html?action=click&gtype=vhs&version=vhs-heading&module=vhs -ion=title-area&cview=true&t=2

OPINION

I Hacked an Election. So Can the Russians.
By MATTEEN MOKALLA, TAIGE JENSEN and J. ALEX HALDERMAN | Apr. 5, 2018 | 4:23

It's time America's leaders got serious about voting security.

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While this video deals mainly with touchscreen voting machines, another video of Haldeman testimony before Congress makes clear that cyberattacks can change the results in elections not just on touchscreens, but also on results counted on ballot scanners. Like those in New York. (5 minutes)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD3qqBfU0no&t=2s
5 minutes: Haldeman testimony: Cyberattacks could change the results of U.S. national elections

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If you'd rather have a little humor to ease your hacking induced hypertension, check out Seth Meyers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cwr6hRxMoGM
The Check In: U.S. Cybersecurity
1,226,396 views
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Published on Mar 20, 2018

Seth takes a break from breaking news to check in on the United States' cybersecurity and how worried the country should be about a foreign power meddling in its elections again.

https://www.verifiedvoting.org

Verified Voting Blog: Verified Voting Hacks into Voting Machine in New Video from the New York Times
Apr 6 2018 - The Voting News
Demonstration Shows Vulnerability of Voting Machines With No Paper Backup

The New York Times published an interactive piece on election security today that included a video featuring Verified Voting fellow, Alex Halderman. The piece, "I Hacked an Election. So Can the Russians," was the result of a months-long collaboration between Verified Voting and the New York Times.

"Alex Halderman, along with the New York Times, successfully demonstrated how vulnerable these voting machines can be," said Marian K. Schneider, president of Verified Voting. "We want people to understand in a visual way how something like this might happen. Although it is only a risk and not a certainty that something like this could occur, we need to be prepared and able to recover. These machines don't allow us to do that. It's time we prepare to monitor, detect, respond and recover from any potential attacks that undermine our democracy."

"All cyber security experts who have given electronic voting machines any thought agree, these machines have got to go," said Alex Halderman in the video. "Paper plus audits; all elections should be done this way,"

During the four-minute video, Alex Halderman demonstrates how to hack into electronic voting machines while holding a mock election at the University of Michigan. After students were asked to choose between their own university and rival Ohio State, Alex is able to manipulate the vote causing Ohio State to win.

The demonstration shows voting machines' vulnerability and why using paper ballots and implementing widespread, statistically sound audits like RLA's is needed to verify our vote.

MEDIA CONTACT: Aurora Matthews

Verified Voting is a national non-partisan, non-profit educational and advocacy organization committed to safeguarding elections in the digital age. Founded by computer scientists, Verified Voting advocates for the responsible use of emerging technologies to ensure that Americans can be confident their votes will be cast as intended and counted as cast. We promote auditable, accessible and resilient voting for all eligible citizens.

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Citizens for Voting Integrity New York
CVIvoterNY@gmail.com

https://www.facebook.com/NowThisPolitics/videos/1892166217481526/
3 minutes:. This Hacker Can Breach A U.S. Voting Machine In Minutes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD3qqBfU0no&t=2s
5 minutes: Haldeman testimony: Cyberattacks could change the results of U.S. national elections

Authors Bio:

Allegra Dengler is a voting activist in New York State.