The following statement from Verified Voting supports election security reforms outlined in the Freedom to Vote Act. For additional media inquiries, please contact Paris@newheightscommunications.com PHILADELPHIA (July 18, 2023) — Verified Voting supports the reintroduction of the Freedom to Vote Act and urges Congress to pass these measures designed to support election officials, safeguard our elections…
Download PDF July 14, 2023 Peter S. Kosinski, Co-Chair Douglas A. Kellner, Co-Chair Andrew J. Spano, Commissioner Anthony J. Casale, Commissioner New York State Board of Elections 40 North Pearl Street, Suite 5 Albany, NY 12207-2729 Submitted via email Re: ExpressVote XL / EVS 6.3.0.1 Dear Commissioners: On behalf of Verified Voting, I write to…
Download PDF June 16, 2023 Speaker Carl E. Heastie New York State Assembly 202 Legislative Office Building 932 Albany, NY 12248 Sent via email June 16, 2023 Re: Voting Integrity and Verification Act of New York (A5934A/S6169A) Dear Speaker Heastie, I write on behalf of Verified Voting in support of provisions in the Voting Integrity…
Download PDF Verified Voting public comments on VVSG 2.0 for 2023 annual review June 7, 2023 We appreciate the opportunity to offer public comments as part of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s annual review of version 2.0 of the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG). VVSG 2.0 offers valuable improvement over previous standards, especially in its…
The Honorable Kevin Crye The Honorable Tim Garman The Honorable Patrick Jones The Honorable Chris Kelstrom The Honorable Mary Rickert Shasta County Board of Supervisors 1450 Court Street, Suite 308B Redding, CA 96001-1673 Re: January 2023 vote to terminate County’s voting system contract Dear Supervisors Crye, Garman, Jones, Kelstrom and Rickert: We are writing to…
Dear friends, As the midterm elections wrap up, I want to thank you for your support, share reflections on the year, and invite you to look ahead with us as we plan for 2024 — Verified Voting’s 20th year working for voters — doing the essential work required to function as a thriving democracy. Verified…
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…
Download PDF April 28, 2022 Wisconsin Elections Commission 201 West Washington Avenue, Second Floor Madison, WI 53703 Via email RE: Verified Voting Comments on SS 029-22 – Approval and Security of Electronic Voting Equipment and Ballot Security Dear Members of the Wisconsin Elections Commission: On behalf of Verified Voting, I submit these comments on SS…
Election officials already have enough to handle as the fight against disinformation continues. Now some states and local jurisdictions, spurred on by baseless conspiracy theories about the 2020 election, are considering legislation that would replace all machine tabulated election night results with hand-counting paper ballots – legislation that’s potentially nightmarish for election officials. Any jurisdiction…