Voting Village at DEF CON 32 Preview
A preview of the Voting Village at DEF CON 32 featuring voting machine research labs, paper ballot audits, and election resilience panels.
Summary
Voting Village organizer Kat provides a preview of the interactive equipment labs, research presentations, and beginner training sessions scheduled for DEF CON 32 [00:00].
The village provides attendees with direct access to physical voting machines, optical ballot scanners, and election management software sourced from election jurisdictions across the United States [00:05]. Kat highlights notable participants including UC Berkeley statistician Philip Stark—creator of Risk-Limiting Audits (RLAs)—who delivers a mainstage lecture and technical demonstration [00:11], alongside current and former White House cyber officials, state secretaries of state, and election CISOs [00:23]. She also introduces the First-Time Hacker Challenge, an entry-level workshop designed to teach newcomers how to identify vulnerabilities and execute compromises on election infrastructure [00:40].
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