[ale] OT: electronic voting info

[tfreeman at intel.digichem.net]

I finally looked at the article linked below. The public is being swindled 
(IMHO) with promises of technology being a cure all for social challenges. 
What is being implemented isn't any better, and may well be significantly 
worse than practices past.

How many people are going to notice the spin Dibold put on things with 
their statement to the effect that the whole country's voting will be more 
secure by making modifications to Maryland's equipment? 

May I be completely discouraged for the rest of the afternoon, or am I 
supposed to be positive and find the opportunity hiding in here somewhere?

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Transam wrote:

> The Johns Hopkins report (with Johns Hopkins University being in Maryland),
> and the outrage it rightly generated caused Maryland's Governor to order
> an independent audit of the Diebold voting system:
> 
>      http://Security.ITtoolbox.com/news/dispnews.asp?i=101718&t=99
> 
> The audit found 328 security weaknesses, 26 of them critical.
> 
> The fixes will be applied only to the Maryland systems.
> 
> Bob Toxen
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