Why should I care about voting machines?

[kster]

SNIP........The funny thing is that most computer scientists say that paper ballots are the only reliable way to vote. Justin Moore, a computer scientist at Duke University, says he could never trust voting on a computer. He just knows too much about how easily they fail. Chuck Herrin, a "white-hat-hacker" from Winston-Salem (and a staunch Republican) hates computer voting machines. He once showed me how easy it is to hack into a Diebold GEMS vote tabulator. I don't know much about computers, but I understood it. I was stunned to realize how little skill it would take to manipulate thousands of votes with a few keystrokes.

But let's put aside conspiracy theories for a moment. Computerized voting is still not trustworthy: In Carteret County last year, a DRE computer voting machine lost more than 4,500 ballots. Poof. Gone.

Irretrievably. Four thousand and five hundred people's votes were lost forever because the ballots were only recorded on electrons. The state of California recently rejected Diebold voting machines because of a 20% failure rate. 20% is one out of five votes.

SNIP....I hope everyone who votes in Chatham County will attend the Board of Elections Forum on Wednesday night (6:30 to 8pm) in the Pittsboro Ag Building Basement

http://www.chathamjournal.com/weekly/opinion/myopinion/new-voting-machines-60102.shtml

[nicknameless]

1. Interesting isn't it?

Those who appear to be the most knowledgeable about computers seem to trust e-voting the least. Luddites! :eyes:

(Chuck Herrin's site is great, BTW)

[Kurovski]

2. Doncha' just love it?

I guess there are no lengths to which "America haters" will not go in destroying freedom. :sarcasm:

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