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Explore critical vulnerabilities in the Dominion ICX touchscreen ballot marking device through this DEF CON 33 Voting Village conference presentation. Learn how technically simple modifications to election definitions can manipulate ballot displays, silently remove candidates, and provide false voting instructions without requiring malware injection. Discover the direct impact these "hacks" can have on vote counts and voter decision-making processes. Examine the underlying system design decisions that make such vulnerabilities feasible and easily executable using publicly available knowledge and tools. Understand the methodology behind vote manipulation techniques, assess their potential range of impacts, and evaluate their feasibility and scalability in real-world scenarios. Witness real-time demonstrations of these security flaws and gain insight into why recovering from such attacks can be extremely difficult or impossible. Analyze how simple election definition manipulations can fundamentally compromise electoral integrity through candidate display manipulation and voter misinformation tactics.
