election security
Voting system integrity
Election security encompasses the measures, systems, and practices designed to protect voting processes from interference, fraud, and manipulation.
This includes safeguarding voter registration databases, securing voting machines and ballot-counting equipment, preventing cyberattacks on election infrastructure, and ensuring accurate vote tabulation.
The term gained prominence in American political discourse following concerns about foreign interference in the 2016 presidential election.
Officials implemented new election security protocols after the breach was discovered.
- firewallsSecurity barriers blocking intrusions
- encryptionConverting data into code
- surveillance camerasVideo monitoring equipment
- absentee votingElectoral participation without presence
- mail-in votingElections conducted through post
penetration testing · whistleblower protections · tamper-evident seals · voting rights · electoral law · paper ballots · physical barriers · chain of custody · ballot · voter registration · voter rolls · voter · audit trails · early voting · hanging chads · tampering · seal · alarm
- Voting Rightsvoter registration, voter suppression, voter turnout, voting access, enfranchisement
- political reformpolitical reform, electoral reform, campaign finance, term limits, redistricting
- electionsballot, ballots, voter registration, candidates, polls
- votingballot, vote, voters, ballots, voter
- tech policydata privacy, net neutrality, tech policy, digital rights, content moderation
election securityelection fraud
Illegal manipulation of voting
voter fraud · electoral manipulation · vote rigging · election interference · ballot tampering