Detzner fiddles as state election system burns Florida, the state that’s way too familiar with election catastrophe, has new reason to worry about its elections system. With the 2016 presidential election cycle just starting to heat up, a new audit raises troubling questions about Florida’s ability to conduct elections without a major screwup. The state’s […]
Audit shows flaws haunt Florida election system – Orlando Sentinel
While political scientists correctly point out that democracy frequently is a messy endeavor, modern democracy’s support structures — such as voter registration databases — should be scrupulously secure and precise. Instead of that ideal, an audit of the Florida Voter Registration System found that the Division of Elections, under Secretary of State Ken Detzner, had […]
Breakdowns, lax security cited in audit of state voter database – Tampa Bay Times
With planning for the 2016 presidential election underway, a new auditor general’s report sharply criticizes Gov. Rick Scott’s administration for its handling of the backbone of democracy in Florida: the electronic system that holds vital data on 12 million voters in the nation’s biggest battleground state. The audit found that internal security controls need improvement; […]
