First major voting vendor, Hart InterCivic, partners with Microsoft on ambitious software security tool ElectionGuard
In an interview with CyberScoop this year, Microsoft’s Tom Burt advertised ElectionGuard as a bulwark against election conspiracy theories. Wallach — whose work contributed to the development of ElectionGuard — said expecting technology to counter misinformation might be a steep climb. ElectionGuard provides evidence about voting, but it’s less certain whether anyone’s willing to embrace it, he said. “There are a lot of people who will stand behind what the math does and doesn’t prove,” Wallach said. “Now, in the…