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Are U.S. Elections Secure?: The 2024 Election and Election Forensics w/ Nathan Taylor

Apr 9, 2026
Nathan Taylor, executive director of public engagement at the Election Truth Alliance and a cybersecurity background, discusses alleged vulnerabilities in U.S. voting infrastructure. He covers investigations in Florida and Pennsylvania, ballot-scanner failures, turnout-based forensic methods, vendor conflicts of interest, and plans for litigation and a public forensic toolkit.
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ETA Formed To Investigate Election Integrity

  • The Election Truth Alliance (ETA) is a nonpartisan nonprofit formed after 2024 to investigate U.S. election integrity.
  • Nathan Taylor says ETA combines cybersecurity, statistics, field research, and legal action to probe voting infrastructure vulnerabilities.
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Institutional Pushback Rooted In Exceptionalism

  • Public resistance often stems from 'it can't happen here' exceptionalism and institutional reluctance to concede flaws.
  • Taylor says officials frequently refuse engagement despite presented data and expert testimony.
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Few Vendors Control Most Vote Counting

  • Major vote-counting is concentrated in a few vendors (ES&S and Dominion/Liberty Vote), so vulnerabilities can have wide impact.
  • Taylor notes the same core software suite runs election management and tabulation across many counties, increasing systemic risk.
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