Voting Village @ DEF CON 33
DEF CON 33 Voting Village — research on election integrity, voting system security, and verifiability.
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- "Fortress Island" Physical Security in Voting Systems — Drew Springall
In his compelling Voting Village 2025 presentation, "Fortress Island" Physical Security in Voting Systems, Professor Drew Springall of Auburn University, alongside collaborators Tripispel, Jenny…
- CARVER Vuln Analysis & US Voting System — Moore, Young, Baggett
This talk, presented at Defcon's Voting Village, delves into a comprehensive vulnerability analysis of the United States voting system using the **CARVER** framework. Delivered by Mike Moore, Nate…
- Dominion ICX Simple Hacks Daunting Recoveries — Springall, Davis, Marks
This talk, "Dominion ICX Simple Hacks Daunting Recoveries," presents a critical analysis of the security vulnerabilities inherent in the **Dominion ICX ballot marking devices (BMDs)**, a voting…
- Is E2E Verifiability a Magic Bullet for Online Voting — John Odum
In this compelling talk, John Odum, a seasoned election administrator and former candidate for Vermont Secretary of State, critically examines the increasingly popular notion that **End-to-End…
- It's Not Safe Yet: Online Voting in Practice — Michael Specter
In "It's Not Safe Yet: Online Voting in Practice," Michael Specter, an Assistant Professor at Georgia Tech, presents a critical security analysis of internet voting systems that were actually…
- Risk Limiting Audits: What They Are and Aren't — Philip Stark
Professor Philip Stark, a distinguished Professor of Statistics at the University of California at Berkeley and a former member of the Board of Advisors of the EAC, delivered a comprehensive and…
- Regulatory Failures with Ballot Marking Devices — Marnie Mahoney
Professor Marnie Mahoney, a Professor of Law at the University of Miami and a distinguished Dean's Scholar, delivered a compelling presentation at the Defcon Voting Village, critically examining the…
- When the Paper Trail Leads Nowhere — Ian Patton
Ian Patton, Executive Director of the Long Beach Reform Coalition, delivers a compelling and often frustrating account of his organization's efforts to audit and recount ballots cast using Los…
- Protecting Election Researchers Globally — Miracle Owolabi
In this critical talk at the Voting Village, Miracle Owolabi, a cybersecurity professional with the Election Integrity Foundation, shed light on the pervasive and alarming challenges faced by…
- A Review of Post Election Audits in Swing States — Susan Greenhalgh
In this critical talk at the Voting Village conference, Susan Greenhalgh, Senior Advisor for Election Security at Free Speech for People, presented a detailed review of post-election audits…
- A NY Legal Challenge to ExpressVote XL's Barcode Use — Susan Lerner
This talk, presented by Susan Lerner at the Voting Village, delves into a significant legal challenge mounted in New York State against the certification of the **ExpressVote XL** voting machine…
- Reflections on TTBR & Everest — Bowen, Blaze, Clark, Hoke, Mulligan
This panel discussion, "Reflections on TTBR & Everest," brings together key figures involved in two groundbreaking, independent security reviews of electronic voting systems: the **California…
- Welcome and Introductions
This talk serves as the foundational opening remarks for the Voting Village at Defcon, an annual gathering dedicated to election security research. Delivered by key organizers including Matt Blae…
- DMCA Security Research Exemption and Election Security — Tori Noble
This talk, delivered by Tori Noble, a Staff Attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), delves into the critical legal landscape surrounding security research, with a particular focus on…
- When Insiders Are the Threat — Burbank, Greenhalgh, Marks, Jefferson
This talk, "When Insiders Are the Threat," presented at Voting Village, unpacks a series of coordinated, multi-state breaches of U.S. election systems, potentially representing the largest election…
- History and Significance of the TTBR and PEASWG — Debra Bowen
This talk, delivered by the Honorable Debra Bowen, former Secretary of State of California, delves into the foundational work that reshaped election security in the United States: the…
- Evidence Based Elections and Software Independence — Ron Rivest
In this compelling talk at the Voting Village, renowned computer scientist and MIT Professor Emeritus Ron Rivest, widely recognized as the 'R' in the **RSA algorithm**, delivered a critical…