Montgomery County commissioners reject election system update
Montgomery County commissioners rejected an update Sept. 10 to the Hart InterCivic election equipment and software before the Nov. 5 election following confusion among members over alleged issues with the security of the software.
Following a number of citizen comments at the beginning of the meeting, commissioners questioned whether a new update to the county’s election machine system on Aug. 10 would provide additional tech support for the current systems used by the county in elections.
The main concern shared by residents was whether the systems could be hacked and lead to any level of tampering with votes and election results.
“We spent over $11 million trying to make this county voting system work properly for each and every one of us,” Precinct 1 Commissioner Robert Walker said. “I know that every computer can be hacked, and that's honestly, that's way over my head ... we can't not proceed [with the election]. I mean, I don't understand what the answer is. I heard no answers, but we don't have them either.”
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