Rep. Swalwell summons cyber community to ambitious ‘Manhattan Project’ on secure voting

LAS VEGAS. Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), who put cyber and technology at the heart of a short-lived presidential bid, challenged techies at Def Con here to help develop a “mobile secure, auditable voting platform” through a “Manhattan Project to secure the vote.”

The fourth-term lawmaker from the East Bay area said he will introduce legislation before the end of the current Congress to study the feasibility of such a cyber-secure “mobile voting” program, adding, “Congress needs to listen more to...