Remarks from Senator Ron Wyden
U.S. Senator Ron Wyden discusses federal legislative efforts to mandate hand-marked paper ballots and post-election risk-limiting audits.
Summary
United States Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon addresses the DEF CON Voting Village, emphasizing the paramount importance of securing American election infrastructure against foreign and domestic cyber threats. He commends the independent hacker community and Voting Village researchers for their patriotic work in exposing severe vulnerabilities in commercial voting machines and election management software.
Senator Wyden calls for urgent federal legislative action to mandate voter-verified hand-marked paper ballots across all jurisdictions, ban paperless direct-recording electronic (DRE) voting systems, and institute mandatory post-election risk-limiting audits. He stresses the necessity of holding commercial voting machine vendors accountable to rigorous, enforceable federal cybersecurity standards rather than voluntary guidelines.
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