Brennan Center releases threat analysis of common voting systems

A task force of government, academic and non-profit experts convened by the Brennan Center for Justice at the NYU Law School has today released the first comprehensive threat analysis of three of the most popular types of electronic voting systems.

Here's a quick quote from MIT professor Ron Rivest from the press release: "I see this as an historic report because it's the first time we've systematically examined security concerns presented by all of the electronic voting systems in use. The report will be invaluable for any election official grappling with electronic security and, hopefully, will pave the way for widespread adoption of better safeguards."

Here's the press release, executive summary and full report.

Here is USA Today's and Reuter's coverage:

• Analysis finds e-voting machines vulnerable (Andrea Stone)
• Study shows US electronic voting machines vulnerable (Thomas Ferraro)