By Jeff Lukens ——Bio and Archives--October 20, 2021
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These recommendations are by no means conclusive. We need to begin the debate on addressing the existential threat cyber election fraud poses to our Constitutional republic. With the 2022 election soon upon us, we need to act quickly to put measures in place to secure the voting process. Patriots should contact their state legislators to bring these measures to their attention and pass them into law.
- Before the election, cyber penetration testing and verification will be conducted on all the election systems (hardware and software).
- Vote tabulating machines at precinct, county, and state levels will be prohibited from any network or internet connection.
- USB and other physical access ports will need to be sealed and/or rendered inoperable.
- Voting machines will employ open-source software and hardware for the ballot tabulating machines that anyone can verify for potentially malicious code before, during, and after tabulation.
- The proprietary vendor code does not provide the necessary visibility to ensure integrity.
- Therefore, any proprietary vendor code needs to be evaluated by third-party certification experts as well.
- Voting machines must be certified by accredited third-party inspectors to be air-gapped (physically and electronically separated) from the internet, not just rubber-stamped like they are currently in some states.
- After certification, no software updates shall be allowed.
- If a software update is required, the machine must be recertified to include penetration testing before the election.
- Election offices and vendors must allow for full forensic audit capability for 12 months (perhaps longer) following an election.
- After the election, voting machines must be sequestered and secured with physical and electronic security measures to ensure accurate post-election audits if needed.
- Real-time data transparency and public accessibility should be made available.
Jeff Lukens lives in Florida and can be contacted here.
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Jeff Lukens is a West Point graduate, U.S. Army veteran, and conservative activist. He can be reached at here.