Thursday, June 29, 2006
USAToday - Analysis finds e-voting machines vulnerable
The USA Today article notes —> Most of the electronic voting machines widely adopted since the disputed 2000 presidential election "pose a real danger to the integrity of national, state and local elections," a report out Tuesday concludes.
There are more than 120 security threats to the three most commonly purchased electronic voting systems, the study by the Brennan Center for Justice says. For what it calls the most comprehensive review of its kind, the New York City-based non-partisan think tank convened a task force of election officials, computer scientists and security experts to study e-voting vulnerabilities.
The study, which took more than a year to complete, examined optical scanners and touch-screen machines with and without paper trails. Together, the three systems account for 80% of the voting machines that will be used in this November's election.
<-- And then Rep. Rush Holt, D-N.J., a chief sponsor of a bill to improve electronic-voting security is quoted as saying - "A voting system that is not auditable contains the seeds of destruction for a democracy". For more information see the article online.
Click on the following links to review the Brennan Center Press Release and the Report Summary - "THE MACHINERY OF DEMOCRACY: PROTECTING ELECTIONS IN AN ELECTRONIC WORLD "
There are more than 120 security threats to the three most commonly purchased electronic voting systems, the study by the Brennan Center for Justice says. For what it calls the most comprehensive review of its kind, the New York City-based non-partisan think tank convened a task force of election officials, computer scientists and security experts to study e-voting vulnerabilities.
The study, which took more than a year to complete, examined optical scanners and touch-screen machines with and without paper trails. Together, the three systems account for 80% of the voting machines that will be used in this November's election.
<-- And then Rep. Rush Holt, D-N.J., a chief sponsor of a bill to improve electronic-voting security is quoted as saying - "A voting system that is not auditable contains the seeds of destruction for a democracy". For more information see the article online.
Click on the following links to review the Brennan Center Press Release and the Report Summary - "THE MACHINERY OF DEMOCRACY: PROTECTING ELECTIONS IN AN ELECTRONIC WORLD "
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