Speaking of security and fraud risks, Matthew Hudnall, deputy director for the Center for Advanced Public Safety at The University of Alabama, says now is the time to take the risk. “It’s really about give-and-take, in that in order to trailblazer this new platform we really have to accept some degree of compromise when we talk about security of the system, because if we wait around for a perfect system we’ll never get there.” Army Veteran Jason Sellars is assistant director of VA Certification at UA. He’s used paper absentee ballots in the past. He believes the online version will be more efficient. Sources: WSFA-NBC 12, WTVM-ABC, WBRC Fox 6