Washington Post: "“Election officials across the country as we speak are buying election systems that will be out of date the moment they open the box,” Wyden said in the Voting Village’s keynote speech. “It’s the election security equivalent of putting our military out there to go up against superpowers with a peashooter.”

“...The first primary votes of the 2020 election will be cast in the Iowa caucuses in just a few months, but it’s impossible to patch the gaping security holes in U.S. election security by then, or even by Election Day, Hursti said.”…

"Hours after the Voting Village opened, it was packed with hackers sporting T-shirts with slogans such as, “If I’m not on the government watchlist, someone isn’t doing their job” and “Come to the Dork side" — all eager to test their skills as an act of civic service. By the end of the weekend, they would uncover a litany of new vulnerabilities in the voting equipment, ranging from gallingly obvious passwords to hardware issues and exposure to remote attacks."

Protect Our Vote Phllly is fighting the same voting machine certified by the New York State Board of Elections, which is now in use in some counties in New York. NYS Board of Elections also admitted to security problems and gave unworkable “corrective actions” to protect the vote, such as to place a foam block inside the machine after every use of the printer.

“The Department of State admitted it would violate PA election law if used as designed.”

New York City Board of Elections wants to buy these machines. There’s a long history of close relationships between the NYC BOE and ESS. https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1134186930042621953.html

Jennie Cohn writes about @PreetBahara's criminal probe of ES&S's contract with New York City in 2010, and the indictment of ES&S's New York lobbyist. https://nypost.com/2010/02/11/machine-politics/

More articles on the situation in PA can be found here: https://thevotingnews.com/tag/expressvote-xl/

Renaldo Pearson: " I have a simple message: Our political system is in a state of emergency, and the American people demand action from our nation's leaders.”

Take 11 minutes-go to this page https://www.democracy911.us and watch the video about why Renaldo is marching 600 miles for Democracy. The inspiring video is at the bottom of the page. “1. Protect Our Right to Vote”

He ends with a quote from Maimonides “the world is equally balanced: half good and half evil..... a single good deed will tip the scales for the entire world, to the side of good. We’re calling 911 on our democracy. Will you join the call?”

https://www.democracy911.us

The House just passed the huge election reform “For the People Act", HR 1, with all Dems voting for, all Reps voting against. It is unlikely to get anyplace in its current form in the Republican-controlled Senate, but in light of the threat of foreign interference the Senate must enact the election security provisions.
Rep Thompson: "With passage of H.R. 1, we will be able to provide the support states need to protect the integrity of our elections against foreign interference, ensure confidence in election results by implementing risk-limiting audits, and trust that election infrastructure vendors are meeting appropriate security requirements.”