As the midterms approach, America’s electronic voting systems are more vulnerable than ever. Why isn’t anyone trying to fix them?

"The experts also recognized even then that voting machines wouldn’t be secure if there weren’t adequate standards for testing and certifying them. Douglas W. Jones, a computer-science professor at the University of Iowa and the chairman of a board that tested and approved machines used in his state, testified to the science committee that the voting machines available to replace punch-card and lever machines weren’t secure, largely because the standards didn’t require them to be. The standards were created in the 1980s, when security was a nascent field and touch-screen D.R.E.s didn’t exist. He advised lawmakers against issuing large-scale funding for new machines until better standards and machines were available."