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Cleveland State University

2009

Election law

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Comments On Expanding Civic Participation In Voting By Expanded Use Of The Internet, Candice Hoke Dec 2009

Comments On Expanding Civic Participation In Voting By Expanded Use Of The Internet, Candice Hoke

Law Faculty Presentations and Testimony

Hoke's comments to the FCC on expanding civic participation in voting by expanded use of the Internet. Hoke recommends that the FCC not become involved in election regulatory issues concerning the Internet, but will support a different federal regulatory agency with national security and technical-cybersecurity expertise receiving primary jurisdiction over election cybersecurity.


Voting And Registration Technology Issues: Lessons From 2008, S. Candice Hoke, David Jefferson Jan 2009

Voting And Registration Technology Issues: Lessons From 2008, S. Candice Hoke, David Jefferson

Law Faculty Contributions to Books

This chapter reviews the 2008 field performance and the scientific assessments of both voting systems and the statewide voter-registration databases. The federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA) mandated each of these technologies. Despite definitive scientific studies that documented grave security deficiencies that can cause voting systems to produce inaccurate vote tallies and “winners” who actually had fewer votes, these systems continue to be deployed. The Chapter traces the regrettable decisions on election technologies to a poorly designed regulatory structure and staffing, which continue to underweight and misunderstand security issues in election technologies.