Voter Protection: Be Involved
Make sure your vote counts!
Secretary of State
600 E. Boulevard Ave. Dept. 108 • Bismarck, ND 58505-0500
(701) 328-2900
NORTH DAKOTA VOTING EQUIPMENT VULNERABLE TO HACKING
Voting systems rely on outdated software are at risk of being hacked
North Dakotas current voting equipment is ES&S EVS 6.0.4.0 (DS200, DS850 and Express Vote). EVS 6.0.4.0 uses end of life software (Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2) which leaves them at danger of being hacked as. They are no longer supported by Microsoft, and so hasn’t receive security patches since January 14, 2020.
- www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=514960158630590&story_fbid=2773692732757310
- www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/windows/end-of-windows-7-support#:~:text=Support%20for%20Windows%207%20has,your%20employees%20productive%20and%20secure.&text=Support%20for%20Windows%207%20ended%20on%20January%2014%2C%202020
- www.microsoft.com/en-us/cloud-platform/windows-server-2008#:~:text=Support%20for%20Windows%20Server%202008,infrastructure%20and%20applications%20go%20unprotected
CITIZENSHIP IS REQUIRED TO VOTE IN NORTH DAKOTA, BUT IS NOT VERIFIED
Identification is provided to anyone with proof of residency in the state
To vote identification is required, North Dakota will be mailing out ballots to everyone who has an ID with the DOT. The DOT does not verify citizenship when providing identification, and ND does not have voter registration to verify citizenship. The SOS's website states that a poll worker can tell if a voter is a citizen in some instances if the ID has a marking of "non-domiciled." For traditional in-person voting, the poll worker will ask if the voter is a citizen, with all mail voting this question will not be asked of the voter.
North Dakota Constitutional Preamble
We, the people of North Dakota, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, do ordain and establish this constitution.
