Software to give voters some security piece of mind, but not in time for 2020

Microsoft is giving away software that it says will someday improve ballot security while allowing voters to verify that their choices have been properly recorded.

Tom Burt, a Microsoft vice president, testified before the House Judiciary Committee last week that the open-source software development kit, called ElectionGuard, is designed to be incorporated into the systems of major election equipment vendors – but probably not in time for the 2020 election.

In places where the software is used by election administrators, voters would receive a printed tracking code when they leave...