Outline for November 4, 2024

Reading: none
Due: Project progress report, due November 8 (Note extension)

We interrupt this class for a lecture about the security of elections and electronic voting. Our regular lecture on malware will resume on Wednesday.

1. Key questions about using computers in an election process

2. How elections are conducted
   1. Terms
   2. Yolo County elections
   3. The canvass

3. Requirements

4. Assurance

5. History

6. Problems in testing and in the field

7. Add in the Internet

8. Blockchains and elections

9. Pilot test of Internet voting

10. Analysis of policies and procedures

Matt Bishop Office: 2209 Watershed Sciences Phone: +1 (530) 752-8060 Email: mabishop@ucdavis.edu

ECS 235A, Computer and Information Security Version of November 4, 2024 at 3:13PM

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