News/Press

Responding to a National Health Emergency: Vote-At-Home
TrustTheVote Blog, March 14, 2020

A Mobile Voting App That’s Already in Use Is Filled With Critical Flaws
Tech by Vice, March 13, 2020

How New Hampshire votes: Pencils and paper
NBC news, February 11, 2020

Iowa caucus app sparks election security concerns
Every level of the election process has come under scrutiny since the intelligence community determined Russia tried to interfere in the 2016 election.
NBCnews, January 23, 2020

2020’s first election security test: Iowa
The nation’s first caucuses Monday may be almost as low-tech as it gets, but it still faces threats from hackers.
Politico, February 2, 2020

Utah to test out smartphone ballots with absentee voters
NBCnews, July 26, 2019

Computer Scientists Make the Case Against an Expensive New Voting System
The Atlantic, July 13, 2019

Georgia’s new voting system actually decreases election security, say experts
July 9, 2019

Nearly 3,000 Votes Disappeared From Florida’s Recount. That’s Not Supposed to Happen
New York Times – Quoted November 16, 2018 by Frances Robles
Quote picked up in other publications:
– BreitBart: Broward’s Brenda Snipes Searches Her Office for Over 2,000 ‘Missing’ Ballots
– Yahoo! News: Almost 3,000 Votes Are Missing in the Florida Recount
– Rollingstone: Almost 3,000 Votes Are Missing in the Florida Recount


Florida: A Tale of Two Recounts, with Millions Excluded
November 14, 2018


This fall you may be voting with obsolete voting machines and ancient software
In this fall’s midterms, your local election officials may be using obsolete voting machines and software “held together with spare parts,” say experts.
September 7, 2018


Kids as young as 7 hack into election systems at DEFCON event
August 16, 2018


New election cybersecurity funding likely to be only a stopgap
June 4, 2018


Election security experts question Alabama’s decision to destroy ballot copies
December 12, 2017


Links to John’s Author Pages:
TrustTheVote Blog Posts – https://trustthevote.org/blog/author/jsebes/ 
Axios Articles – https://www.axios.com/authors/JohnSebes


Can Hackers Really Do that Much Damage to the Election?
October 7, 2016


Many thanks to coverage by Bloomberg’s Michaela Ross, on election tech and cyber-security. This is my reply – Old School, New Tech: What’s Really Behind Today’s Elections


NBC Bay Area Investigation Report: John Sebes interviewed (video)
Voting Vulnerability: Could Open Source Computer Code Thwart Threat from Hackers?


http://whowhatwhy.org/2016/07/28/classic-foreigners-hack-us-elections-experts-say/
July 28, 2016


http://whowhatwhy.org/2015/08/31/foreigners-could-hack-us-elections-experts-say/
August 31, 2015