Experts in the News

“I hope that other states will exercise caution rather than jump on the bandwagon,” said Baker Institute faculty scholar Dan Wallach of the decision by some states to let voters cast primary ballots online. “We need to defend our elections against nation-state adversaries. Moving toward online voting is the wrong direction to defend our democracy.” 

Baker Institute faculty scholar Dan Wallach's biggest concern was that a nation-state actor like Russia would find a way to tamper with voter registration databases, leading to long lines at the polls that discourage people from voting. "If someone were to damage the voter registration database selectively, like only in neighborhoods that vote one way but not in neighborhoods that vote another way, there could be a partisan outcome from that tampering."

"If I’m an evil nation-state trying to manipulate a U.S. election, I want to focus on states where a small security hack can have a large impact on the outcome," said Baker Institute faculty scholar Dan Wallach of Texas' vulnerable voting systems.

Dan Wallach, an expert on election security issues and a Baker Institute faculty scholar, is quoted in an article examining voting machine vulnerabilities in Texas.

Dan Wallach, Rice faculty scholar, is quoted in an article detailing the need for voter protections ahead of the November midterms elections.