LAS VEGAS - Defcon, a huge hacker convention held annually in this desert playground, received more than 30 voting machines to play with, providing a rare opportunity for hackers to find the flaws in our democracy's technology. How long did it take to crack them? About 90 minutes. The security of voting technology was elevated
LANSING - Replacing the aging optical scan machines acquired after the 2000 election fiasco in Florida brought Michigan's then-balkanized voting system under scrutiny and is now a priority for Governor Rick Snyder. Snyder, in his 2016-17 fiscal year budget recommendation, called for $10 million General Fund to go toward new equipment, to be matched with
LANSING – Michigan has about $25 million leftover in federal funding to update its voting equipment from when it received federal funding through the Helping America Vote Act passed in 2002, but the state still needs another potentially $35 million to get its voting equipment ready for the November 2018 general election when current systems
