‘Absurd’: As 2024 Looms, Counties Won’t Update Voting Tech
As a new presidential election year approaches, some voting machines are still living in 2020.
In Washington, a trio of counties have declined to update their voting technology, despite appeals from state leaders who say the upgrades will improve election security. Central to the standoff is a hack-monitoring device that was previously the subject of right-wing conspiracy theories. It’s one of several ongoing partisan disputes over election security in the run-up to the 2024 race.
Pro-democracy groups caution that the technology lapses also threaten to undermine trust in elections.