On June 3, 2022, CISA issued an advisory identifying 9 critical vulnerabilities in Dominion Voting Systems, contradicting its 2020 claim of the ‘most secure election’ (CISA: Most Secure Election in History (2020)). These flaws, including potential vote manipulation, were known during the 2020 election but disclosed only after scrutiny from advocates like Patrick Colbeck at the 2021 Cyber Symposium (Patrick Colbeck: Most Secure Election in History? Let’s Find Out). The advisory provides CISA recommendations that election officials should take to “further enhance defensive measures to reduce the risk of exploitation of these vulnerabilities.”
This revelation highlights the risks of electronic voting systems, supporting the case for hand counting as a transparent alternative.
