Election security at center of voting software debate following recommendations to update

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : The Colorado secretary of state carries out software updates every two years, so the voting systems were updated on May 26, 2023.
55% : Once testing shows that the voting system meets the state's and the Federal Election Commission's requirements, a vendor can submit an application to the secretary of state's office for approval.
54% : "Holmes said that when upgrading voting systems, a secretary of state's office has to "plan backward," particularly when it comes to training election workers to update, replace, and operate the equipment.
52% : Other states choosing to updateColorado, Michigan, and Washington are three states that have decided to upgrade Dominion's voting software ahead of the 2024 election, according to certifications signed by the respective secretaries of state.
43% : This caused a wide-ranging debate among election security experts and secretaries of state after some agencies determined that while there were some vulnerabilities, they found no evidence that the weaknesses had ever been exploited during an election cycle.
42% : "He added that the slow rollout of the software updates sounds like typical secretary of state protocol to "roll things out in pieces, so I don't have a statewide meltdown.
41% : The controversy regarding the machines only grew after Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said he would not update the state's voting system, which has nearly 24,000 voting machines across 159 counties, and he called Halderman's claims "theoretical and imaginary."
41% : "We have a part-time secretary of state in a full-time role, which is not only unfair to voters, but it's unfair to taxpayers, and Georgia's taxpayers are now on the hook for $150 million contract for voting machines over 10 years that the secretary of state has refused responsibility to maintain," Loeffler said.
39% : However, Jason Torchinsky, a partner at the Holtzman Vogel law firm who specializes in campaign finance and election law, said the decision to not update all of the machines might not be as dramatic as some groups are making it out to be.

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