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Diebold Audit Released, BlackBoxVoting.Org Shut Down
Chris Soghoian writes "The State of Maryland requested an audit of the Diebold electronic voting system by SAIC, after a report released by Johns Hopkins University and Rice Researchers (disclaimer: I'm one of Dr Rubin's students) noted several security issues. A condensed, from 200 to 40 pages, and censored version of the report has been released online (PDF link). The report notes that 'SAIC has identified several high-risk vulnerabilities that, if exploited, could have significant impact upon the AccuVote-TS voting system operation.'" However, Diebold says Maryland are moving forward with installation with "new security features" included, and elsewhere, Badgerman points out "Diebold has shut down blackboxvoting.org, apparently with copyright claims made to their ISP. But you can still go to the blackboxvoting.com site."
Pending: your vote is now the property of Diebold, Inc. Any attempt on your part to ascertain the disposition of your vote is hereby declared to be in violation of federal law, e.g., the Digital Millenium Copyright Act.
You have the right not to vote. Any vote you make can be used against you in a court of law. The judge presiding in such a court of law may be appointed by Diebold, Inc., and need not require a jury, but if a jury is summoned, it need not be a jury of your peers.
By acting to vote you consent to our determining whether your vote is valid, and in the event it is judged not to be valid, you consent to our voiding your vote and further voiding your right to vote in the future.
You furthermore acknowledge that owing to storage and bandwidth limitations that Diebold, Inc., may experience, your vote may be digitally compressed in a way such that your true intent in casting the vote may be lost. If such an eventuality should occur, your vote may be determined using statistical data derived from any source we deem appropriate or convenient.
You have the right to protest if your vote is cancelled, altered, or in any way modified as the result of such action on our part, however, you hereby acknowledge that in such an eventuality, Diebold, Inc. may determine that your right to vote is deleterious to democracy as implement by Diebold, Inc., and therefore may be considered to be an overt act against the national security of these United States.
You have 10 seconds to comply.
God Bless America.
Is this truly the only Earth I can live on?
Are we going to have to check the bit bucket for hanging bits?
-William
God is everything science has yet to explain.
How else can I add one option at the end of the ballot:
__X__ CowboyNeal
Everyone knows that it's the job of the surpreme court to choose the president!
But you can still go to the blackboxvoting.com site.
...until the slashdot effect sets in!
--Xandu
6,000,000,000 people placed type-in votes for an independent candidat known as "I.P. Freely"
"I.C. Weener" of the Cryoget Washington Head party and "Amanda Hugenkiss" tied for second with exactly 42424242 votes apiece.
You can't judge a book by the way it wears its hair.
Yeah, you could have...just before this article went up!
Hand-counting? But what about all the companies that sell voting machinery? Think of the impact on jobs, on industry!
Clearly, these 'volunteers' are unacceptable. Maybe hand counting would work if the government subcontracted counting to a company which charged hundreds of millions to employ counters at minimum wage, and keep the rest for shareholders.
Er, well, you used to be able to. Not anymore, now that Slashdot got its teeth into it.
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one " -Albert Einstein
Its not a bug. Its a feature!
Does that include sheep?
In that case, they may as well make an amandment:
We the corporations of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Profit, establish monopoly, insure domestic compliance, provide for the common interest, promote our welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
[it's a joke people]
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Error 500: Internal sig error
Now hackers can use this to get rid of Bush and put in whoever is willing to part ways with the DMCA and the Patriot act.
Faux News election night:
"And the results are in for the popular election, Jane"
"75 million votes for..wait.. who the fuck is Lawrence Lessig?"
"I would say he's our new President, Steve."
Slashdot definitely needs a moderation option '+1, Paranoid'.
Ever notice how the people that say "Love it or leave it!" get pissed when someone desides to leave it?