[PLUG-TALK] Open source election software from MS. Trustworthy?

[Rich Shepard]

On Tue, 7 May 2019, Paul Heinlein wrote:

> MS contracted with my former employer, Galois (I was employee number 25),
> here in Portland for that work. The folks at Galois care very deeply about
> writing secure code that does nothing other than what it should do.
> Whatever you think about Microsoft, be sure that the Galois contribution
> will be state of the art.

Good to know, Paul. According to the article Dick cited, the software is not
now suitable for use with vote-by-mail systems. Have you any insights on
whether Galois (or someone else) will fill that gap (preferably before next
year's elections)?

Regards,

Rich