From the first paragraph: With the U.S. heading into a pivotal midterm election, little progress has been made on ensuring the integrity of voting systems—a co

From the first paragraph: With the U.S. heading into a pivotal midterm election, little progress has been made on ensuring the integrity of voting systems—a concern that retook the spotlight when the 2016 presidential election ushered Donald Trump into the White House amid allegations of foreign interference. Most of the allegations at the center of the media feeding frenzy have nothing to do with tallying votes, but: - influencing voters through platforms like Facebook - airing the Democratic Party's dirty laundry regarding Sanders - the unsubstantiated claim by a certain President that illegal aliens voted in droves One notable exception is Reality Winner, who published classified materials that among other things linked Russia to an attempt to contact a voting machine company. She sits in prison today without bail awaiting a trial that has been years in the making. Few have even heard of her. The pro-election automation drumbeat seems to have very little basis in fact, at least in the US.