West Virginia dumps controversial voting app before primary

West Virginia won't use a controversial voting app during its primary on May 12. 

The state originally planned to allow voters with disabilities to use Voatz, a "blockchain-based" voting app. Researchers showed that the app was vulnerable to malicious actors, who could alter a user's vote.  

But on Friday, the state announced that voters with disabilities and overseas voters will use a special ballot created by Democracy Live. That option will give those voters the choice of either submitting their ballot online or printing it, filling it out by hand, and mailing it in. 

It's definitely an about-face for West Virginia, which made a big to-do back in 2018 when it first signed a contract to use Voatz in that year's midterm elections. Both West Virginia and the city of Denver, which used Voatz in its 2019 mayoral election, reported the app a success. Read more...

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