Online Voter Registration is Vulnerable to Hacking
Researchers are urging Maryland voters to check the accuracy of their online voter registration files after warning that the data had been left vulnerable to tampering.
According to a Washington Post report, researchers at the University of Michigan, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and a former president of the Association for Computing Machinery contacted Maryland officials and noted that anyone with access to a Maryland voter’s full name and birth date could exploit an online tool to change the voter’s address, party affiliation or other information. Such changes, especially a change of address, could lead to a voter’s ballot not being counted normally on Election Day, the report says.