The following is a statement from Verified Voting in support of the Electoral Count Reform Act of 2022. For additional media inquiries, please contact aurora@newheightscommunications.com PHILADELPHIA (December 22, 2022) — Election security experts praised the Senate for passing the Electoral Count Reform Act of 2022 as part of the omnibus appropriations bill and urge the…
The following is a statement from Pam Smith, president and CEO of Verified Voting. For more information, please contact aurora@newheightscommunications.com. PHILADELPHIA (August 3, 2022) — With the 2022 primaries underway and just over three months until the general election, Verified Voting identified a number of technology takeaways from this election cycle and pinpointed actionable items…
New advisory identifies vulnerabilities in voting software; Finds no evidence of interference in election results The following is a statement from Pam Smith, president and CEO of Verified Voting, following the release of the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) ICS Advisory (ICSA-22-154-01), which analyzed vulnerabilities in Dominion Voting Systems software. For more information, please…
The following is a statement from Pamela Smith, President and CEO of Verified Voting, in support of Mississippi’s passage of new paper ballot legislation. The Mississippi Voting Modernization Act, signed by the governor on April 19, requires the use of voting systems that produce voter-verifiable paper ballots starting in 2024 and establishes a grant program…
The following is a statement from Verified Voting in support of Virginia’s new audit legislation. For additional media inquiries, please contact press@verifiedvoting.org. Download PDF PHILADELPHIA (April 12, 2022) — Virginia has continued to be a leader in election security by passing bipartisan legislation during its 2022 General Assembly Session that gives voters timelier assurance that…
Download PDF April 6, 2022 Senate Committee on State Affairs State of Alaska 120 4th Street Juneau, AK 99801 Via email RE: Verified Voting Opposes Senate Bill 205 Dear Chair Shower and Committee Members: On behalf of Verified Voting, I am writing to oppose Senate Bill 205 as written due to the profound risks of…
The following is a statement from Verified Voting. For additional press inquiries, please contact aurora@newheightscommunications.com Download PDF PHILADELPHIA (March 3, 2022) — Verified Voting, a non-partisan organization focused on the critical role technology plays in election administration, announced today that Pamela Smith will serve as President and CEO. “We are thrilled to have Pam take the…
A joint analysis from the Brennan Center and Verified Voting finds replacing aging voting equipment will cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Voting Machines at Risk in 2022 by Turquoise Baker, Megan Maier, Lawrence Norden, and Warren Stewart Between 2014 and 2020, the Brennan Center released a series of analyses detailing the problem of aging voting equipment in the…
Below is a letter signed by multiple organizations opposing the accelerated timeline for adding Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trails (VVPATs) to Indiana’s DREs as proposed in HB 1116. Indiana elections would be much better protected, and Indiana voters better served, by passing measures to adopt pre-printed paper ballots, marked by hand or assistive ballot marking device,…
The following is a statement from Verified Voting in support of specific measures in the Freedom to Vote Act that were passed in March 2021 by the House of Representatives. For additional media inquiries, please contact aurora@newheightscommunications.com PHILADELPHIA (January 12, 2022) — Verified Voting urges the Senate to pass specific measures in the Freedom to…