Public scrutiny of Georgia’s voting system has increased in recent weeks after the Associated Press reported a central election server was erased. A month later another server was erased. It all happened at the Center for Elections Systems at Kennesaw State University. The center contracts with the Secretary of State’s office to handle the technical aspect of elections.
There’s no evidence election results were affected by any of the erasures, and the Secretary of State’s office has said repeatedly the current system is secure. But cybersecurity experts say the incidents exposed serious vulnerabilities in Georgia’s elections systems.
Here’s a timeline of what happened:
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