Federal Panel to Examine Vulnerability of Electronic Voting

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http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAD1WXLVTD.html

WASHINGTON (AP) - A computer science expert criticized electronic voting systems planned for the November election as highly vulnerable and flawed, saying on Wednesday a backup paper system is the only short-term solution to avoid another disputed presidential election.

"On a spectrum of terrible to very good, we are sitting at terrible," Aviel D. Rubin, a computer science professor at Johns Hopkins University, told the U.S. Election Assistance Commission. "Not only have the vendors not implemented security safeguards that are possible, they have not even correctly implemented the ones that are easy."

Other experts said electronic voting offers advantages over paper balloting, including increasing access to the blind and people who do not speak English. They contended that backing up electronic systems with paper ballots could be costly.

"We want systems that are secure but also accessible to people with disabilities," said Stephen Berger, an expert at TEM Consulting, an engineering services consulting firm.

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[Eric J in MN]

1. The AutoMartk lets blind people fill in an optical scan ballot

http://www.vogueelection.com/products.html

The AutoMark form Vogue lets blind people fill in an optical scan ballot.

There is NO need for electronic voting.

End electronic voting.