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January 26th, 2004
Voting Machine Security

Security of Pentagon Internet Voting “experiment” questioned…

http://www.servesecurityreport.org/
This report is a review and critique of computer and communication security issues in the SERVE voting system (Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment), an Internet-based voting system being built for the U.S. Department of Defense’s FVAP (Federal Voting Assistance Program). The program’s web site is http://www.serveusa.gov/. While the system is called an experiment, it […]

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December 16th, 2003
Voting Machine Security

Tide shifting in favor of “voter verified paper trail” (VVPT) capable e-voting systems.

Pointer to NYT article on the changing nature of the debate over e-voting systems: “… a growing number of election officials and politicians seem to be
agreeing with the skeptics.”

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December 14th, 2003
Voting Machine Security

Diebold email: “Make vote printouts too costly for MD”

Diebold email: “Make vote printouts too costly for MD”

– Scandals deepen for e-vote manufacturer

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, December 12th — An internal memo has just surfaced suggesting e-vote manufacturer Diebold planned to overcharge the state of Maryland and make voter printouts “prohibitively expensive”.

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December 12th, 2003
Voting Machine Security

Electronic voting no magic bullet

Pointer to headline article on CNN: “Electronic voting no magic bullet” … the issue is finally percolating up to the top of the media’s issue list.

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December 11th, 2003
Voting Machine Security

Clueless election officials…

Pointer to Wired.News e-voting article, “Time to Recall E-Vote Machines?”: “… a training session for poll workers in Alameda County suggests problems other than hanging chads could surface this time around. “

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December 11th, 2003
Voting Machine Security

Clueless election officials…

Pointer to Wired.News e-voting article, “Time to Recall E-Vote Machines?”: “… a training session for poll workers in Alameda County suggests problems other than hanging chads could surface this time around. “

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December 6th, 2003
Voting Machine Security

Democratic Presidentail nominees pick up on e-voting, VVPT issue.

Pointer to NYT article: “Both Mr. Kerry and Mr. Edwards promised to fight any attempts to adopt an electronic touch-screen voting machine developed by Diebold Elections Systems, arguing that the paperless machines were open to abuse.”

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November 21st, 2003
Voting Machine Security

Victory in California on Voter Verifiable Paper Trails

Pointer to LAT article:

Secretary of State Kevin Shelley is expected to announce today that as
of 2006, all electronic voting machines in California must be able to
produce a paper printout that voters can check to make sure their
votes are properly recorded.

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October 16th, 2003
Voting Machine Security

All the President’s votes?

Pointer to U.K. Independent article on electronic voting machine issues. “A quiet revolution is taking place in US politics. By the time it’s over, the integrity of elections will be in the unchallenged, unscrutinised control of a few large - and pro-Republican - corporations. Andrew Gumbel wonders if democracy in America can survive”

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October 15th, 2003
Voting Machine Security

Flawed (non)verification process in Riverside County

Pointer to Salon.com article on Riverside County, CA e-voting machine “verification” process.

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August 14th, 2003
Voting Machine Security

Says local registrar of voters: ATMs have “changed our paradigm of what we view as safe.”

[Whaddaya think the odds of a similar technique being used to attack a voting
system are? Is this the level of security we want in our voting systems?
Gail is our county registrar of voters. She’s a nice person, and they are dedicated folk who do an excellent job, but I can attest from personal experience that […]

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August 14th, 2003
Voting Machine Security

More concerns about electronic voting systems…

[I kind of view the computer scientists and consultants who poo-poo concerns about voting machine security in the same light as the scientists who don’t believe that global warming exists or who content there is no causal link between smoking and lung cancer. -Thomas]
A Vote for Less Tech at the Polls
By Joanna Glasner […]

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August 14th, 2003
Voting Machine Security

A Vote for Less Tech at the Polls

A Vote for Less Tech at the Polls
By Joanna Glasner | Also by this reporter Page 1 of 2 next »
02:00 AM Nov. 19, 2002 PT
In the national debate over upgrading election infrastructure, Peter Neumann is an unlikely defender of the low-tech approach.
As principle scientist at Stanford […]

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August 13th, 2003
Voting Machine Security

Diebold web site cracked.

[Pathetic. -Thomas]
New Security Woes for E-Vote Firm
By Brian McWilliams | Also by this reporter Page 1 of 1
02:00 AM Aug. 07, 2003 PT
Following an embarrassing leak of its proprietary software over a file transfer protocol site last January, the inner workings of Diebold Election Systems have again been laid bare. […]

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