Challenging Internet Voting

Free Speech For People works in partnership with a broad coalition of democracy and civil rights organizations to oppose the adoption of online voting.

The Department of Homeland Security, the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine, and countless computer security experts have rejected online voting as unacceptably insecure for public government elections because of the inherent, insoluble security risks, the continued cyber threats to elections, and other election interference activities.

Nevertheless, Internet voting systems companies have increased their lobbying efforts to pass laws to permit or expand online voting to increase the market for their insecure products in states across the country. This national effort necessitates a counter-campaign to protect our elections and prevent the expansion of online voting.

Advancing key election security, like eliminating Internet voting, has been complicated by the Big Lie and false claims of compromised voting systems. As stated by Susan Greenhalgh, Senior Advisor on Election Security for Free Speech For People, and J. Alex Halderman, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan, in a recent oped for Newsweek, “Plenty has been written about how the Big Lie is corroding public trust and tearing at the fabric of our democracy. But in addition to these obvious harms, Trump’ insidious disinformation is also inhibiting legitimate and necessary election security reforms.”

Frequently Asked Questions About Internet Voting