Voting machine developer Hart InterCivic and Microsoft Corp. announce a strategic partnership to incorporate ElectionGuard software developed by Microsoft into Hart’s Verity® voting systems.
“ElectionGuard is open source software created by Microsoft, free of charge, as part of the company’s Democracy Advocacy Program.”
“The Hart team has done an exceptional job of combining the benefits of a paper-based voting system with the best that ElectionGuard technology has to offer,” saus Tom Burt, corporate vice president of Security and Customer Trust at Microsoft.
“ElectionGuard was announced at Microsoft BUILD in 2018. Its first public election was held in Fulton, Wisconsin, in February 2020 with VotingWorks. Following a partnership with Hart InterCivic announced in July 2021, ElectionGuard was used in the November 2022 general election in Franklin County, Idaho, along with Hart, Enhanced Voting, MITRE and the Civic Design Center.”
Source:
1.Hart-and-microsoft-announce-partnership-to-make-elections
2.https://news.microsoft.com/2021/06/03/hart-and-microsoft-announce-partnership-to-make-elections-more-secure-verifiable/
3.https://www.electionguard.vote/
4.https://www.csg.org/2023/07/26/csg-and-the-turnout-launch-the-election-technology-initiative-with-support-from-microsoft-working-to-increase-voter-confidence-in-elections/
1. Is this software an add-on to the Windows operating system?
2. What recognized entity or group has performed tests to prove that the software is not invasive?
3. Hart Intercivic had to recondition its voting software in order to integrate it with Microsoft’s election solution?
4. What audit tests do counties perform after an election where an unapproved system has been incorporated and tested by the election certifying laboratories?
5. What concerns have been raised by the EAC about companies such as Hart Intercivic incorporating untested or uncertified solutions?
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