electronic voting and open source

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MicroVote voting machines reported 144,000 ballots cast during the recent elections in Boone County, Indiana. Since only 5,300 people actually voted, this would seem to be a problem.
Links:
http://www.microvote.com :: MicroVote Web Site
http://www.spywareinfo.net/nov11,2003#diebold :: The Diebold Chronicles Continue
http://www.spywareinfo.net/oct21,2003#fuzzymath :: E-Voting Machines and Fuzzy Math
http://www.indystar.com/articles/6/091021-1006-009.html :: Vote count marred by computer woes
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0828-08.htm :: Diebold Voting Machine Owner Committed To Give Votes To Bush in 2004

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http://www.spywareinfo.com/newslette...es/1103/18.php

My apologies for bringing up a somewhat old thread, but I missed it the first time through, and I feel it at least is worthy of some debate....

I found a little more info, including exerpts from internal memos from Deibold employees here:
http://why-war.com/features/2003/10/....html#excerpts

I think the implications are serious...what if, for instance, instead of such a glaring discrepancy in actual votes, every 100th voter was switched to vote for candidate "x"? Obviously the agency responsible for certification of these systems isn't infallible..and I think it is a very real possibility...

I wonder if their were machines like this in Florida?

more news

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Among revelations contained in the memos was information that the Microsoft Access database used by the Diebold system to collect and calculate votes was not protected by a password. This meant someone could alter votes by entering the database through physical access to the machine or remotely using the phone system.

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http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,26...=wn_polihead_1

conspiracy, anyone?
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