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Hearing Hearing Date: September 28, 2016 2:00 pm 2154 Rayburn HOB

Cybersecurity: Ensuring the Integrity of the Ballot Box

Subject
Cybersecurity: Ensuring the Integrity of the Ballot Box
Date
September 28, 2016
Time
2:00 pm
Place
2154 Rayburn HOB

PURPOSE:

  • To understand the scope and scale of cyber threats to the U.S. election system.
  • To discuss efforts underway at all levels of government to secure elections systems against possible cyber threats.

BACKGROUND:

  • Elections are administered on a state-by-state and often county-by-county basis.
  • The U.S. Election Assistance Commission is an independent, bipartisan commission that develops guidance to meet requirements set by the Help America Vote Act, adopts voluntary voting system guidelines, and distributes information on election administration.
  • The Department of Homeland Security is considering designating the electronic voting system for November’s election as “critical infrastructure.”

 

 

Witnesses and testimonies: Dr. Andy Ozment

Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity and Communications
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

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Commissioner Thomas Hicks

Chairman
U.S. Election Assistance Commission

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The Honorable Brian P. Kemp

Secretary of State
State of Georgia

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Dr. Andrew W. Appel

Eugene Higgins Professor of Computer Science
Princeton University

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Mr. Lawrence Norden

Deputy Director, Democracy Program
Brennan Center for Justice, New York University School of Law

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