Microsoft announces new solution to safeguard electronic voting systems
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(Source: In.gov)Microsoft has unveiled ElectionGuard, a software development kit (SDK) intended to make e-voting technology more secure. Microsoft has unveiled ElectionGuard , a new system intended to enhance the validity, robustness and security of public-representative selection. The Redmond company intends to make it available to the applicable officials in the United States and other nations that identify as democratic. It apparently incorporates advanced encryption developed at Microsoft Research, and also supports verification processes by (ideally) independent third parties that may apply to a given election. The software giant also intends to partner with academic (e.g. statistics and political science) experts at Columbia University in order to deploy ElectionGuard in time for the 2020 US elections.
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