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igotthisguitar · Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:40 pm Post subject: Can You Hack the Vote?

Can You Hack the Vote?

Thu Aug 5, 3:00 AM ET
Electronic voting systems have drawn fire from courts, lawmakers, and citizens groups--and now they're under attack by hackers.

It's an organized assault, too. E-voting technology expert Rebecca Mercuri, a Harvard research fellow who has been outspoken in her opposition to such systems, has issued a "Hack the Vote" challenge, trying to illustrate what she calls their unreliability and vulnerability.

She unveiled the so-called Mercuri Challenge at the recent Black Hat Briefings and Defcon 12 security conferences.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=pcworld/117261

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>. Geee ... i wonder if any of this kinda thing might have occured in Florida 2000 ... hmmmmmmmm ... ???

igotthisguitar · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:40 pm Post subject:

>. Dunno bout the rest of you, but i still say electronic voting is a TOTAL SHAM ... what a joke.

igotthisguitar · Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2005 9:01 pm Post subject:

Electronic Voting Examined; Deadline Nears
By BRIAN BERGSTEIN, AP Technology Writer
Wed Nov 30, 8:40 PM ET

Even in this election off-year, the potential perils of electronic voting systems are bedeviling state officials as a Jan. 1 deadline approaches for complying with standards for the machines' reliability.

Across the country, officials are trying multiple methods to ensure that touch-screen voting machines can record and count votes without falling prey to software bugs, hackers, malicious insiders or other ills that beset computers.

This isn't just theoretical � problems in some states already have led to lost or miscounted votes.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/electronic_voting ... etc ...

igotthisguitar · Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 7:05 am Post subject:

Lawmakers Warned About Voting "Problems"
By WILL LESTER, Associated Press Writer
Wed Jul 19, 11:38 PM ET

WASHINGTON - If this fall's elections abound with voting problems, members of Congress cannot say they were not warned.

Experts told members of two House committees on Wednesday that security for electronic voting machines is inadequate, lab testing of this machinery is insufficient and a paper record of voting is essential to protect election integrity.

The lawmakers also heard "reassurances" that potential problems are being addressed.

"The federal standards are not sufficient to prove that election systems are able to guarantee federally approved voting systems can adequately protect the integrity of our elections against "unintentional" failures or against tampering," said David Wagner, a specialist in computer science from the University of California-Berkeley.

An election official from Minnesota, Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer, said paper records are critical. At least half the states will keep a "paper trail" of voting this year.

An official with the federal agency created to ensure successful elections tried to assure lawmakers that all steps are being taken to train elections officials and workers and make certain equipment is up to standards.

"We're looking at every aspect of elections," said Donetta Davidson, a member of the Election Assistance Commission. "We haven't found any problems with equipment. The problems we find are human error. The more elections officials train their people, the fewer problems we will have."

The commission on Monday will begin testing updates and modifications of voting systems; it's the first phase of a "certification" program.

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On the Net:

Election Assistance Commission: http://www.eac.gov