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More E-Voting Software Leaks Surface

Posted by simoniker on from the cheating-for-election-and-profit dept.

Christopher Soghoian writes "Sound like something you've seen before? Wired News reports that the software which runs Sequoia's AVC Edge voting machines has been accidentally placed on another company's publicly available FTP server, although this time it's the binary, rather than the source that's been leaked. Machines running this software were used in California's Riverside County for the 2000 presidential election and for last month's California gubernatorial recall election. The system also has been used in counties in Florida and Washington state."

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  1. Eureka!... I got it!!! by strange_attract0r · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Vote by slashdot poll! Ah always wahnted tuh see cowboah neal in governimint

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  2. Re:Yes, it does matter. by AKnightCowboy · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    With this "black-box" technology, the option to count the votes is not even there. There is no way to publically check the output from these machines to verify concordance with the voters' wishes.

    Oh, you mean inducing human error into the equation by hundreds of people manually counting, recounting, and then recounting again punchcards? Punch cards worked absolutely fine up until the 2000 election. If you're too stupid to punch a punch card cleanly then you shouldn't be voting. I know it's not a popular opinion, but for crying out loud, it isn't difficult to do. We need to quit treating citizens like they are 5 year old morons and expect them to have some sense of fscking common sense.