[ale] OT: Voting machines cracked in California

[Ned Williams]

If you read one of the many article news.google referred on this, you will
note some very valid comments...

paper fraud is more common than electric as it stands and has stood for
years..ballot stuffing....been around for awhile.
Ned


On 8/1/07, Bob Toxen <transam at verysecurelinux.com> wrote:
>
> URL:
>
>
> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2007/07/28/MNGP6R8TJO1.DTL
>
> This story starts...
>
> State-sanctioned teams of computer hackers were able to break through
> the security of virtually every model of California's voting machines
> and change results or take control of some of the systems' electronic
> functions, according to a University of California study released Friday.
>
> This completely undermines our right to vote (and the implied right
> to have our vote counted).
>
> While the article claims that an [ordinary] thief would not have access
> to the machines' manuals, etc. "[because they are secret]".  That argument
> is nonsense.  Given the tens to hundreds of millions of dollars spent
> on National elections, bribing someone is trivial.
>
> Voter-verified paper audits are the only way to go.
>
> My $.02.
>
> Bob Toxen
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