A May 8 report on election security by the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence calls for paper backups for state voter registration databases, risk assessments for voting machine manufacturers and better sensor technology for state and local election systems.
The committee recommended two-factor authentication for state voter registration databases, better sensors around election systems to detect malicious activity, paper backups for state voter registration data and assessments for third-party vendors like voting machine manufacturers to ensure they’re meeting baseline security standards.
