Click here to read a pdf of the five page letter to Vice President Harris requesting targeted recounts to ensure the will of the people is reflected in the vote count. Here’s the first paragraph.
Dear Vice President Harris,
We write to alert you to serious election security breaches that have threatened the security and integrity of the 2024 elections, and to identify ways to ensure that the will of the voters is reflected and that voters should have confidence in the result. The most effective manner of doing so is through targeted recounts requested by the candidate. In the light of the breaches we ask that you formally request hand recounts in at least the states of Michigan, Nevada, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. We have no evidence that the outcomes of the elections in those states were actually compromised as a result of the security breaches, and we are not suggesting that they were. But binding risk-limiting audits (RLAs) or hand recounts should be routine for all elections, especially when the stakes are high and the results are close. We believe that, under the current circumstances when massive software breaches are known and documented, recounts are necessary and appropriate to remove all potential doubt and to set an example for security best practices in all elections. …
Duncan Buell Ph.D. Chair Emeritus — NCR Chair in Computer Science and Engineering Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering University of South Carolina* David Jefferson Ph.D. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory* (retired) Election Integrity Foundation* Susan Greenhalgh Senior Advisor for Election Security Free Speech For People Chris Klaus Founder Internet Security System* William John Malik Malik Consulting, LLC* Peter G. Neumann Ph.D. Chief Scientist, SRI International Computer Science Lab* John E. Savage An Wang Professor Emeritus of Computer Science Brown University* *Affiliations are listed for identification purposes only and do not imply institutional endorsement.