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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. Here's the news by Dancin_Santa · · Score: 0, Troll

    A file was placed in the wild and if hackers got hold of it and figured out ways to alter the results it would be a bad thing.

    And this would be better with an Open Source solution?

  2. if(chosen_president==='Al Gore') by alexborges · · Score: 0, Troll

    president_choice_for(VOTER_NUMBER,'Bush')

    --
    NO SIG
  3. Re:From the designers of the DMV..... by alienw · · Score: 0, Troll

    Airport Security Employees

    What do they have to do with the government?

    Government enforced cable monopolies Government enforced telco monopolies

    The government does not enforce any monopolies. It's just kinda hard to put in two cable networks to the same damn house.

    Standardized testing in schools

    Usually done by a private corporation.

    FEMA

    Whatever.

    The war on drugs.

    Guess what, most people support it.

    DMCA

    Written by Hollywood execs.