5-7-2019
SEATTLE, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft announced an ambitious effort it says will make voting secure, verifiable and subject to reliable audits.
Two of the three top U.S. elections vendors expressed interest in potentially incorporating their open-source software.
Dubbed “ElectionGuard,” the Microsoft kit will be available this summer with early prototypes ready to pilot for next year’s general elections.
The software is being developed with an Oregon-based company under contract with the Pentagon’s advanced research agency, DARPA.
CEO Satya Nadella announced the initiative Monday at a developer’s conference in Seattle, saying the software kit would help “modernize all of the election infrastructure everywhere in the world.”