Computer Scientist Barbara Simons on Hacking, Paper Ballots, and Securing U.S. Elections

Sarah and Andrea interview Barbara Simons PhD, a computer scientist who specializes in election security, to answer the question on everyone’s mind: can our voting machines be attacked? Were they attacked in 2016? What’s in store for the midterms, and what can we, as citizens, do to protect our democracy? Plus a news recap, including Oleg Sentsov's 100th day on hunger strike protesting the treatment of political prisoners in Russia (#FreeSentsov), Omarosa's receipts, and Manafort's endless trial.

[cdorman]

1:07:45 If Rs think Ds are suppressing v's, they shout it from the rooftops and turn out all the more.
If Ds think Rs are suppressing v's, they hush it up so Ds aren't discouraged out of v'ing.

Make it make sense.

[cdorman]

1:14:10 "It's not too late for 2020." When was this interview performed?

[WhistlingPasttheGraveyard]

"The person who ran the study said her impression from the answers to other questions is that [knowing there's voter suppression] would not keep them from voting. This claim that -- by raising this issue -- we'll suppress voter turnout (which is something I've heard especially from Democrats) the small study we've done shows that's not true."

[TheFamousMockingbird]

hes alive though, and after this was uploaded he was released like two years ago