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Wired - Time to Recall E-Vote Machines? Hackers Take a Look!
This is pretty good - they report on a training session in Alameda County and go into the details of how the machines could be compromised in the days leading up to the election.
As Californians head to the polls on Tuesday, voters in at least one county will cast their ballots electronically on machines that have been shown to be flawed.
Election officials around the country have been switching to new computerized polling machines with the hope of avoiding a repeat of the Florida debacle over punch-card voting that marred the 2000 presidential election.
But a training session for poll workers in Alameda County suggests problems other than hanging chads could surface this time around.
Election officials around the country have been switching to new computerized polling machines with the hope of avoiding a repeat of the Florida debacle over punch-card voting that marred the 2000 presidential election.
But a training session for poll workers in Alameda County suggests problems other than hanging chads could surface this time around.
For more information:
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,...
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