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Securing America's voting systems against spying and meddling

  • Written by Jeff Inglis, Science + Technology Editor, The Conversation US
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The federal indictments of 12 Russian government agents accuse them of hacking computers to spy on and meddle with the U.S. 2016 presidential election – including state and county election databases.

With the 2018 midterm congressional elections approaching – along with countless state and local elections – here are...

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