Sunday, July 31, 2005
Diebold voting systems fail California certification testing
After possibly the most extensive testing ever on a voting system, California has rejected Diebold's flagship electronic voting machine because of printer jams and screen freezes, sending local elections officials scrambling for other means of voting.
"There was a failure rate of about 10 percent, and that's not good enough for the voters of California and not good enough for me," Secretary of State Bruce McPherson said.
http://www.insidebayarea.com/localnews/ci_2898234
Mr. McPherson is to be applauded for his stance here and insistence on reliable and fullscale testing. This also shows that the vendors own industry certification testing is fundamentally weak and questionable.
And it further highlights the need to use reliable off-the-shelf equipment that can be readily replenished, and not expensive proprietary kit that has to be warehoused for years and subsequently develops unacceptably high failure rates.
"There was a failure rate of about 10 percent, and that's not good enough for the voters of California and not good enough for me," Secretary of State Bruce McPherson said.
http://www.insidebayarea.com/localnews/ci_2898234
Mr. McPherson is to be applauded for his stance here and insistence on reliable and fullscale testing. This also shows that the vendors own industry certification testing is fundamentally weak and questionable.
And it further highlights the need to use reliable off-the-shelf equipment that can be readily replenished, and not expensive proprietary kit that has to be warehoused for years and subsequently develops unacceptably high failure rates.
# posted by DRRW @ 2:37 PM 
