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90 / 100

vote.org

Security report · Scanned February 18, 2026

Checks
8
Passed
6
Warnings
2
Critical
0
AI-Generated Summary
What this means

vote.org scored 90/100, demonstrating a strong security posture. Minor improvements are noted below.

Positive signals: DNS Configuration, TLS Configuration, Known Breaches all passed.

2 action items identified, including 0 critical. The issues are configuration gaps, not architectural problems. A focused remediation effort of 2–5 days could address all findings.

How vote.org compares

Grade distribution across 2378 companies we've scanned. vote.org scores better than 89% of them.

89th percentile
0 Percentile rank 100
71
A+
22
A
180
A-
181
B+
69
B
333
B-
111
C+
111
C
295
C-
110
D+
92
D
216
D-
587
F
vote.org — Grade A- (90/100) 2378 companies scanned
Security checks

Each check inspects a different part of vote.org's public security setup. Green means healthy, yellow needs attention, red is a problem.

Security Headers
3/5 security headers present. Missing: Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy.
Needs work
Certificate Hygiene
Strengths: Certificate valid, 63 days remaining; Issued by Google Trust Services. Issues: Wildcard certificate in use — broader attack surface if compromised.
Needs work
DNS Configuration
Strengths: 2 nameservers configured (tony.ns.cloudflare.com., ara.ns.cloudflare.com.); 3 MX records present; DNSSEC enabled; Zone transfers properly restricted.
Healthy
TLS Configuration
TLSv1.3 negotiated with TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256-bit). Strong configuration with no deprecated protocols or weak ciphers detected.
Healthy
Known Breaches
No known breaches found in public disclosure databases.
Healthy
HSTS Header
HSTS enabled: max-age=31536000 with includeSubDomains and preload. Meets best-practice configuration.
Healthy
DMARC / Email Security
Strengths: DMARC policy set to reject (strongest); SPF record present with soft-fail (~all); DKIM configured (selectors: google, s1, s2, k1).
Healthy
CVE Exposure
Detected technologies: cloudflare. (cloudflare detected but excluded from CVE matching — upstream infrastructure). All detected technologies are upstream CDN/proxy infrastructure. No application-level software versions exposed.
Healthy
Recommended actions
2 items

Steps to improve vote.org's security grade, ranked by impact.

1
Add optional security headers (Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy)
Impact: < 1 Hour
LOW
vote.org has most security headers configured. Missing: Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy. These are best-practice additions that reduce the attack surface for client-side vulnerabilities.
How to fix this
1
Add: Referrer-Policy: strict-origin-when-cross-origin
2
Add: Permissions-Policy: camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=()
3
Verify with: curl -sI https://vote.org | grep -iE 'content-security|x-frame|x-content|referrer|permissions'
2
Review certificate configuration
Impact: 1–2 Hours
LOW
Certificate issues found for vote.org: wildcard certificate in use. Wildcard certificates have a broader blast radius if compromised. These are operational hygiene items, not immediate security risks.
How to fix this
1
Consider replacing wildcard cert with individual certs for critical subdomains
2
Consolidate certificate issuance to 1–2 trusted CAs
At a glance

Key data points from the scan.

TLS Version
TLSv1.3
TLSv1.3 negotiated with TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256-bit). Strong configuration with no deprecated protocols or weak ciphers detected.
DMARC Policy
p=reject
Strengths: DMARC policy set to reject (strongest); SPF record present with soft-fail (~all); DKIM configured (selectors: google, s1, s2, k1).
SPF Record
Present
v=spf1 include:helpscoutemail.com include:_spf.google.com include:sendgrid.net include:servers.mcsv.
Security Headers
3/5 present
Missing: Referrer-Policy, Permissions-Policy
HSTS
Enabled
HSTS enabled: max-age=31536000 with includeSubDomains and preload. Meets best-practice configuration.
SSL Certificate
Issues
Strengths: Certificate valid, 63 days remaining; Issued by Google Trust Services. Issues: Wildcard certificate in use — broader attack surface if compromised.
DNSSEC
Enabled
Strengths: 2 nameservers configured (tony.ns.cloudflare.com., ara.ns.cloudflare.com.); 3 MX records present; DNSSEC enabled; Zone transfers properly restricted.