Experts Want Audit to Protect California Recall Against ‘Cyberattack’

Mail in ballots run through a sorting machine at the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters office in Sacramento, Calif., on Aug. 30, 2021. Rich Pedroncelli/AP Photo

Cybersecurity experts are urging California’s top elections official to conduct an audit of ballots cast in the recall election to ensure no problems occurred.

The recent disclosure of binary images of the Dominion Voting Systems’ election management system boosts the risk of nefarious action against the state’s election system, the group of experts warned in a Sept. 2 letter to California Secretary of State Shirley Weber.