Computerized Voting Machines Raise Concerns Over Results' Accuracy

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Computerized Voting Machines Bring
Relief, Fear

Computerized Voting Machines Bring
Relief, Fear 09/05/2004 06:35 PM
VOA Sep 5 2004 10:38PM GMT

Computerized Voting Machines Bring
Relief, Fear for Upcoming US Election

Computerized Voting Machines Bring
Relief, Fear for Upcoming US Election 09/06/2004 12:27 PM
VOA Sep 6 2004 5:02PM GMT

Gambling Machines Much Safer Than
Electronic Voting Machines

Gambling Machines Much Safer Than
Electronic Voting Machines 06/14/2004 03:33 AM
It appears that making sure gambling is fair is much more important than making sure our elections are fair. One of the defenses pulled out by those who want to keep going with existing electronic voting machines is that no one seems to complain about electronic gambling machines. Perhaps that's because electronic gambling machines are held to a much higher standard than electronic voting machines. This NY Times editorial lists six different ways in which gambling machines in Nevada are under much more scrutiny than electronic voting machines. These include things like the fact that the state requires copies of the source code of all electronic gambling software, as well as their stringent licensing procedure for any company that wishes to sell electronic gambling machines. Employees of any such company have to go through background checks to make sure they have no criminal record. Considering that Diebold had convict ed felons involved with their electronic voting systems - you wonder if a similar licensing procedure might make sense for voting machines as well.

New Computerized Passport Raises Safety
Concerns

New Computerized Passport Raises Safety
Concerns 01/03/2005 12:31 PM
CRM Assist Jan 3 2005 3:18PM GMT

Voting Machines Vs. Slot Machines

Voting Machines Vs. Slot Machines 12/04/2003 01:10 PM
Slashdot Dec 4 2003 12:50PM ET

India adopts computerized voting

India adopts computerized voting 04/20/2004 07:27 PM
globetechnology.com Apr 20 2004 11:00PM GMT

India Implements Computerized Voting
(AP)

India Implements Computerized Voting
(AP) 04/20/2004 08:43 AM
AP - For decades, millions of illiterate Indians voted by pressing their thumbprints on ballot cards. This year, they'll just press a button. And so will everyone else.

India Implements Computerized Voting

India Implements Computerized Voting 04/20/2004 09:54 AM
AP via Newsday Apr 20 2004 2:13PM GMT

Attacks at universities raise security
concerns

Attacks at universities raise security
concerns 04/14/2004 02:25 PM
Malicious hackers in recent weeks have infiltrated computer systems at universities in the U.S. and worldwide, leading to questions about the security of scientific research data, according to an official at the U.S. National Science Foundation.

Security threats raise concerns about
Bluetooth

Security threats raise concerns about
Bluetooth 05/10/2004 10:24 AM
Potential security risks posed by the Bluetooth wireless technology are prompting some IT managers to rein in use of Bluetooth-equipped mobile phones and computers on their networks.

Google Playboy Article May Raise
Concerns (AP)

Google Playboy Article May Raise
Concerns (AP) 08/12/2004 02:46 PM
AP - Google Inc.'s highly anticipated IPO faced a possible stumbling block Thursday with the release of a Playboy interview that the online search engine leader's co-founders gave just before the company filed its plans raise $3 billion with its stock offering.

Windows ATMs Raise Security Concerns

Windows ATMs Raise Security Concerns 12/30/2003 01:38 AM

Google Playboy Article May Raise
Concerns

Google Playboy Article May Raise
Concerns 08/12/2004 06:48 PM
CRM Assist Aug 12 2004 11:20PM GMT

Seized Web Servers Raise Freedom
Concerns (AP)

Seized Web Servers Raise Freedom
Concerns (AP) 04/17/2004 03:27 PM
AP - For $9.95 a month, a small company offered access to a search tool that would scour electronic bulletin boards for millions of "uncensored" movies and photographs and serve up "an all-you-can-eat taste of 'the Internet gone wild!'"

Seized Web Servers Raise Freedom
Concerns

Seized Web Servers Raise Freedom
Concerns 04/17/2004 04:41 PM
AP via Los Angeles Times Apr 17 2004 8:23PM GMT

Internet medicine sales raise concerns

Internet medicine sales raise concerns 05/02/2004 10:32 PM
The New Zealand Herald May 3 2004 1:49AM GMT

Biotech Insects Raise Hopes, Concerns
(AP)

Biotech Insects Raise Hopes, Concerns
(AP) 01/22/2004 02:51 AM
AP - Some high-tech insect experiments soon may be flitting out of the laboratory: Mosquitos genetically modified to eliminate malaria. Silkworms engineered to produce bulletproof vests. Bollworm moths designed to self-destruct before they can wipe out cotton crops.

Illegal Workers Raise Security Concerns
(AP)

Illegal Workers Raise Security Concerns
(AP) 04/13/2005 01:54 AM
AP - The Homeland Security Department arrested 57 illegal immigrants last month working at airports and other risk-sensitive facilities around the country, underscoring concerns that lax employment background checks are leaving a security breach for terrorists to exploit.

Voting Machine Companies Make Political
Contributions to Both Democrats and
Republicans - New Report Traces Campaign
Contributions of Companies that Produce
E-Voting Machines

Voting Machine Companies Make Political
Contributions to Both Democrats and
Republicans - New Report Traces Campaign
Contributions of Companies that Produce
E-Voting Machines 08/13/2004 03:15 AM
New research on the political campaign contributions made to Democrats and Republicans by voting maching companies. [PRWEB Aug 13, 2004]

Security threats raise concerns about
Bluetooth (MacCentral)

Security threats raise concerns about
Bluetooth (MacCentral) 05/10/2004 11:29 AM
MacCentral - Potential security risks posed by the Bluetooth wireless technology are prompting some IT managers to rein in use of Bluetooth-equipped mobile phones and computers on their networks.

Plans for Wireless Directory Raise
Concerns About Privacy

Plans for Wireless Directory Raise
Concerns About Privacy 01/26/2004 02:24 AM
After last year's campaigns against spammers and telemarketers, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are poised to tackle the next privacy frontier: the nation's 150 million wireless phones.

Google founders' Playboy interview may
raise regulatory concerns

Google founders' Playboy interview may
raise regulatory concerns 08/13/2004 09:16 AM
National Post Aug 13 2004 1:33PM GMT

Google founders' interview may raise
regulatory concerns ahead of IPO

Google founders' interview may raise
regulatory concerns ahead of IPO 08/13/2004 09:16 AM
National Post Aug 13 2004 1:32PM GMT

Concerns over US e-voting

Concerns over US e-voting 02/16/2004 10:51 AM
BBC Feb 16 2004 1:41PM GMT

Concerns over US computer voting

Concerns over US computer voting 02/15/2004 11:56 AM
Two leading US experts on computer voting warn that the forthcoming presidential election could be more chaotic than the last.

Venezuela Goes With Untested E-Voting
Machines

Venezuela Goes With Untested E-Voting
Machines 07/12/2004 07:08 AM
If you thought there were problems with the US using electronic voting touch screen machines, take a look down in Venezuela, where they're getting ready for an election where they will use new e-voting machines that haven't been tested yet. The machines, from a small Florida-based company do have a printed receipt, which is better than most US machines. However, the software for the machines has not been tested or certified yet, though the government claims they'll get around to it before the elections. Of course, this is the same government that had to postpone the entire election four years ago, after it was determined just days before the election that the electronic voting machines they were to use then weren't ready.

California bans the use of some
e-voting machines

California bans the use of some
e-voting machines 05/02/2004 06:16 PM
Ca. Sec. of State bans the use of some electronic voting machines. It is not likely that paper receipts will be available for Ca. voters in time for the Nov 2 elections.

Venezuela using untested voting machines

Venezuela using untested voting machines 07/11/2004 06:20 PM
Boston Globe Jul 11 2004 10:12PM GMT

E-Voting Machines Get Official Thumbs
Down

E-Voting Machines Get Official Thumbs
Down 04/22/2004 06:53 PM

AP: California Panel: Don't use Diebold touch-screen voting machines . By an 8-0 vote, the state's Voting Systems and Procedures Panel recommended that Shelley cease the use of the machines, saying that Texas-based Diebold has performed poorly in California and its machines malfunctioned in the state's March 2 primary election, turning away many voters in San Diego County.

Okay, now we're getting somewhere. The evidence has been building steadily against Diebold, and now an important panel has advised the state to hold an irresponsible company's feet to the fire. But there's a much bigger issue to consider: Are any of the voting-machine companies' black boxes to be trusted? The answer is No. Maybe these things work right, but maybe they don't. We can't afford to take this kind of a chance with our elections. California -- and every other state -- should insist that these machines not be used until they have a voter-verifiable paper trail. That's the only way to restore even a tiny bit of trust to a broken system. Better yet, we should move to systems like the one developed by the Open Voting Consortium, which is developing a system that is a) open; b) runs on cheap hardware; and c) can be verified to prevent improper election results from fraud or coding mistakes. Let's fix this mess, soon. Meanwhile, a cheer to the California panel that has told Diebold what needed to be said.

Voting Machines Missing for La. Election
(AP)

Voting Machines Missing for La. Election
(AP) 09/18/2004 10:51 AM
AP - Many New Orleans voters were unable to cast ballots Saturday on a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage because voting machines had not been delivered to polling places, a state official said.

Diebold voting machines vulnerability

Diebold voting machines vulnerability 08/31/2004 08:20 AM
Cory Doctorow: Diebold's voting machines have a stunning security defect:

Manipulation technique found in the Diebold central tabulator -- 1,000 of these systems are in place, and they count up to two million votes at a time.

By entering a 2-digit code in a hidden location, a second set of votes is created. This set of votes can be changed, so that it no longer matches the correct votes. The voting system will then read the totals from the bogus vote set. It takes only seconds to change the votes, and to date not a single location in the U.S. has implemented security measures to fully mitigate the risks.

This program is not "stupidity" or sloppiness. It was designed and tested over a series of a dozen version adjustments.

Link (Thanks, Michael!)

California Bans All E-Voting Machines

California Bans All E-Voting Machines 04/30/2004 07:15 PM
We knew that California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley understood the real issues involved with complaints concerning electronic voting machines. After all, he was the one last year who said that all electronic voting machines in California should have a paper trail. Now, following a recommendation last week concerning problem s with the way Diebold managed their e-voting machines, Shelley has gone even beyond the recommendations to say that all electronic voting machines will be banned from the state, unless they implement a certifiable paper trail or put in place a specific list of 23 security measures. At the end of the article, he also appears to indicate that he's asking the state Attorney General to file charges against Diebold for knowin gly breaking the law.

Ohio Halts E-Voting Machines

Ohio Halts E-Voting Machines 12/04/2003 06:04 AM
Fears of vote tampering cause the state to delay implementation of new touch-screen systems until after the November 2004 election. Meanwhile, state officials will work with manufacturers to make the systems more secure.

Diebold to Pay $2.6M Due to Insecure
Voting Machines

Diebold to Pay $2.6M Due to Insecure
Voting Machines 12/19/2004 03:51 PM
Slashdot Dec 19 2004 4:24AM GMT

Flaw in Florida E-Voting Machines

Flaw in Florida E-Voting Machines 06/13/2004 07:34 AM

Google founders' Playboy interview may
raise regulatory concerns ahead of stock
offering

Google founders' Playboy interview may
raise regulatory concerns ahead of stock
offering 08/15/2004 06:02 AM
Naplesnews.com - Sun Aug 15, 12:22 am GMT

Defending Weak Electronic Voting
Machines

Defending Weak Electronic Voting
Machines 05/11/2004 06:09 PM
I'm still a bit confused why anyone would object to electronic voting machines having more security and more ways to prove they're accurate, but everyone has their reasons. Unfortunately, this debate is turning into a political debate of Republicans vs. Democrats rather than a focus on the actual issues. That explains this latest editorial in defense of current electronic voting machines, which seems to paint the whole discussion as a Democratic plot to make democracy more expensive. The author does try to go through all the complaints, but starts off with a completely pointless argument to set the tone of his argument. He picks up the comment of a comedian about how the machines can be hacked over the internet and points out these machines are not hooked up to the internet. This makes it appear that the people who are really complaining about these machines have no idea what they're talking about and think the machines are hooked up to the internet. The real complaints about the system being easily tampered with are brushed off by saying no one has ever been caught tampering with these machines. The simple response to that is that he forgot to add the word "yet" to the end (and that just because no one's been caught doesn't mean it hasn't happened). He then brushes off the idea that tampering is a real problem anyway, since people could only tamper with one machine at a time, since (apparently) messing up a few votes is okay. As for the very unlikely possibility that anyone is tampering with the voting software to better favor one candidate, he says that random testing takes care of that. Random testing certainly helps - but as the California situation showed, the random testing was done incorrectly and uncertified software was loaded after machines had been "tested." Furthermore, there's simply no reason not to make voting machine software publicly open so that independent testers can go through the code and verify there's nothing wrong with it. Finally, all the way at the end, he gets to the real complaint that most people have with these voting systems: that there's no recountable paper trail. His response shows just how much he doesn't understand the real issue. He says that each machine records the electronic votes multiple times, and the recount is easy: just view one of the other records. This leaves out the important middle step: knowing that any of those records actually recorded the vote properly. I can make a thousand identical copies of the same incorrect records and it doesn't help me to verify the accuracy of the original vote. He claims that the only reason to add a paper trail is to make the machines more expensive - but it's already been shown that the addition of such a paper trail adds a tiny cost to each machine (many of them already have paper printers included). Besides, at what point did anyone say democracy had to be cheap? Ignoring all the politics on either side concerning these voting machines, why would anyone not support making these machines more secure while also including some way to verify the accuracy of the vote? Most people arguing for better security don't believe there's some big plot to steal an election or that hackers are waiting to mess up the vote. We just don't like the fact that it's possible and would feel a lot better with a more secure system. What's wrong with that?

Indian voting machines compared with
Diebold's

Indian voting machines compared with
Diebold's 05/13/2004 10:57 AM
On the eve of the first Indian election run with electronic-voting machines, a technologist called "smz" has posted an in-depth comparison between Diebold's voting machines and the ones in use in India.

The System is a set of two devices running on 6V batteries. One device, the Voting Unit is used by the Voter, and another device called the Control Unit is operated by the Electoral Officer. Both units are connected by a 5 meter cable. The Voting unit has a Blue Button for every candidate, the unit can hold 16 candidates, but up to 4 units can be chained, to accommodate 64 candidates. The Control Units has Three buttons on the surface, namely, one button to release a single vote, one button to see the total umber of vote casted till now, and one button to close the election process. The result button is hidden and sealed, It cannot be pressed unless the Close button is already pressed.

The voting unit has a list of candidate's names and their Party Symbols pasted on the surface, and a Blue button to cast a vote faces ever candidate's name. The Party Symbols (like a Lotus, an elephant, a horse etc.) are approved by the election commission to be unique, All political parties use these symbols while campaigning, and illiterate people can identify their candidates by looking at his symbol, and pressing the blue button in front of his symbol.

Link (Thanks, smz!)

Indian Voting Machines Compared with
Diebold

Indian Voting Machines Compared with
Diebold 05/14/2004 12:06 PM

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