Sent to you by Regis via Google Reader: Diebold Finally Admits its
Voting Machines Drop Votes via Schneier on Security by schneier on
8/28/08
Premier Election Solutions, formerly called Diebold Election Systems,
has finally admitted that a ten-year-old error has caused votes to be
dropped.
It's unclear if this error is random or systematic. If it's random -- a
small percentage of all votes are dropped -- then it is highly unlikely
that this affected the outcome of any election. If it's systematic -- a
small percentage of votes for a particular candidate are dropped --
then it is much more problematic.
Ohio is trying to sue:
Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner is seeking to recover millions
of dollars her state spent on the touch-screen machines and is urging
the state legislature to require optical scanners statewide instead.
In a lawsuit, Brunner charged on Aug. 6 that touch-screen machines made
by the former Diebold Election Systems and bought by 11 Ohio
counties "produce computer stoppages" or delays and are vulnerable
to "hacking, tampering and other attacks." In all, 44 Ohio counties
spent $83 million in 2006 on Diebold's touch screens.
In other news, election officials sometimes take voting machines home
for the night.
My 2004 essay: "Why Election Technology is Hard."
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