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Microsoft's Offers Software Tools to Secure Elections

by Associated Press

   Microsoft is announcing an ambitious effort intended to make U.S.
   voting more secure and verifiable.

   The company will offer free open-source software that several top U.S.
   elections vendors say they will explore incorporating into their voting
   equipment.
   The software kit is being developed with Oregon-based Galois, which is
   separately creating a secure voting system prototype under contract
   with the Pentagon's advanced research agency, DARPA.
   The Microsoft kit is dubbed "ElectionGuard." It was announced Monday by
   CEO Satya Nadella at a Seattle developer's conference.
   Microsoft says the kit it will be available beginning this summer with
   prototypes ready to pilot for next year's general elections.