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E-Voting Rights
Many states are hastily implementing flawed electronic voting machines and related election procedures. EFF is protecting your right to vote in the courts while working with legislators and election officials across the country to ensure fair, transparent elections.
Twenty-three states still do not require a paper record of all votes, despite the demonstrated technical failures of e-voting machines in the 2004 presidential election -- including the complete loss of thousands of votes. In turn, voters cannot verify that the e-voting machines are recording their votes as intended, and election officials cannot conduct recounts. Most of these machines use "black box" software that hasn't been publicly reviewed for security. Indeed, when security researchers have inspected the devices, they've found serious vulnerabilities all too often.
But poorly-designed machines are not the only problem. Most election workers remain woefully under-trained regarding potential e-voting problems. Vendor technicians frequently have unsupervised access to voting equipment. Local election officials routinely deny attempts to examine e-voting audit data.
EFF provides leadership on several fronts -- litigation, legislation, regulation, independent analysis, advocacy -- to help ensure that your vote counts. Learn more below, and donate to help support our efforts.
E-Voting Rights Cases
In The News
- WIRED NEWS | November 10, 2008 U.S. Elections -- It Takes a Village
- INFORMATIONWEEK | October 27, 2008 E-Voting Complaints Heat Up With Early Voting
- ABA JOURNAL | November 03, 2008 Lawyers at the Ready for Election Day Disputes
Other Resources
Whitepapers
Deeplinks Posts
- November 05, 2008 EFF's OurVoteLive.org Helps Over 86,000 Voters
- February 15, 2008 Total Election Awareness
- September 28, 2007 Judge Voids Election Because of E-Voting Snafus
Press Releases
- October 27, 2008 Monitor Election Problems Nationwide with OurVoteLive.org
- July 12, 2007 California Judge Tentatively 'Nullifies' Election Result
- May 09, 2007 Spoon-Bending 'Paranormalist' Illegally Twists Copyright Law
Documents and Files
- March 15, 2007
Zimmerman Testimony (Re: Open Source Voting) Before House Subcommittee on Elections[PDF, 92.72 KB] Along with supporting local election reform, EFF has helped Congressional Rep. Rush Holt's Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act garner immense, bipartisan support. The bill contains several critically important election reforms, including the requirement of a paper trail for all electronic voting machines, random audits, and public availability of all code used in elections.
- March 15, 2007
Zimmerman Testimony (Re: Open Source Voting) Before House Subcommittee on Elections[PDF, 92.72 KB]
