Georgia elections chief plans changes after security issues
Source: Associated Press
Kathleen Foody, Associated Press
Updated 1:55 pm, Saturday, July 15, 2017
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's top elections official stood out by refusing help from the Department of Homeland Security last August amid national concerns about the integrity of U.S. elections.
Republican Secretary of State Brian Kemp called it an attempted federal takeover and insisted his office was already protecting Georgia's vote from hackers.
That stance earned him national media coverage ahead of his campaign for governor. But Kemp's assurances threatened to become a liability after new details emerged last month about major security mistakes at the center managing Georgia's election technology. It turns out that the contractor left critical data wide open for months on the internet, and that for the second time under Kemp's tenure, the personal information of every Georgia voter was exposed.
With his critics demanding accountability, Kemp announced Friday that he plans to bring the center's operations in-house within a year. His brief statement made no mention of the security flaws, saying "the ever-changing landscape of technology demands that we change with it."
Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Election-security-flaws-mark-Kemp-2018-campaign-11290793.php
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Georgia: "The Georgia Secretary of State's Office will provide the publicly available voter list," Press Secretary Candice L. Broce told CNN Friday. "As specified in Georgia law, the public list does not contain a registered voter's driver's license number, social security number, month and day of birth, site of voter registration, phone number, or email address."
http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/03/politics/kris-kobach-letter-voter-fraud-commission-information/index.html
Hey Kemp, FU
