Contact: Dana W. Cruikshank
dcruiksh@nsf.gov
703-292-8070
National Science Foundation
Caption: Counting ballots is not the only challenge local elections officials face. Voting systems are vulnerable to attacks from many different sources. ACCURATE's AttackDog project helps the people who run elections analyze their entire voting systems in the same way computer security experts defend their networks against hackers.
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