[ale] OT: Voting machines cracked in California

[Jonathan Rickman]

Security involves more than pure technology. It is a process, as you all
know. All these evaluations of voting machines are meaningless in the grand
scheme of things. The real issue is the process in which the machines play
a part. Based on my observance of electronic voting in Georgia, the process
is fairly sound. The simple addition of the paper receipts that are verified
by the voter and dropped in a slot beside the terminal for use in auditing,
along with slighly better physical security for the machines themselves
would provide adequate assurance of the integrity of the process. New voting
machines with full system design specs disclosed, running fully audited code
would be nice, but not the most efficient use of taxpayer money when simple
low tech measures can improve the process so easily.

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Jonathan "firm believer in optical scanners myself" Rickman
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