Ohio Elections Official Calls Machines Flawed

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Ohio Elections Official Calls Machines Flawed
By BOB DRIEHAUS
Published: December 15, 2007
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/15/us/15ohio.html?_r=1&th=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&emc=th&adxnnlx=1197752669-XFJQWYsoKoaIVtBx/goMXQ

CINCINNATI — All five voting systems used in Ohio, a state whose electoral votes narrowly swung two elections toward President Bush, have critical flaws that could undermine the integrity of the 2008 general election, a report commissioned by the state’s top elections official has found.

“It was worse than I anticipated,” the official, Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, said of the report. “I had hoped that perhaps one system would test superior to the others.”

At polling stations, teams working on the study were able to pick locks to access memory cards and use hand-held devices to plug false vote counts into machines. At boards of election, they were able to introduce malignant software into servers.

Ms. Brunner proposed replacing all of the state’s voting machines, including the touch-screen ones used in more than 50 of Ohio’s 88 counties. She wants all counties to use optical scan machines that read and electronically record paper ballots that are filled in manually by voters.

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Florida, another swing state with a history of voting problems, is also scrapping touch-screen machines and switching to optical scan ones for the election. Such systems have gained favor because experts say they are more reliable than others and, unlike most touch screens, they provide a paper trail for recounts.

[CrispyQ]

1. They have stolen FL & OH & are working on stealing CA.

I wish I could remember who originally posted this. My apologies for not taking note of that.

[stillcool]

2. wow...

looks like flier material.

[CrispyQ]

3. I stick it in those prepaid credit card envelopes.

;)