E-Voting Glitch: 19,000 Voters, 144,000 Votes

nick_davison writes "The Indianapolis Star is reporting the latest case of 'interesting' E-voting results. Tuesday's Boone County election, using MicroVote software returned 144,000 votes from 19,000 registered voters. After much panicking and tracking down the bug, the actual number of votes turned out as 5,352. With yet another mistake, does anyone still trust closed-source electronic voting?"

Comments

Blackadder

[Walterk]

Vincent Hanna: One voter; 16,472 votes. A slight anomaly...?

Edmund: Not really, Mr. Hanna -- you see, Baldrick may look like a monkey who's been put in a suit and then strategically shaved, but he is a brilliant politician. The number of votes I cast is simply a reflection of how firmly I believe in his policies.

True politics

Reminds me of Office Space...

[donnyspi]

"I probably just put a decimal point in the wrong spot. I always forget some mundane detail..." lol

So ...

[cablepokerface]

Is this how Bush was elected?

Actually, their software *IS* open source

[femto]

Here it is:

#include <stdlib.h>

int main()
{
printf( "%i\n", rand() );

return(0);
}

Don't Worry, Be Happy

[Detritus]

The new Indianapolis Mayor, Richard Daley Jr., said there is nothing to be concerned about. Indiana Governor Martha Daley called to congratulate him on his victory.

Found the bug

[AVee]

The Amount_paid variable was used where it should have been Vote_Count...

Re:What is wrong with an "X"??

[JediTrainer]

When you're done voting, you give your ballot with sleeve to the attendant, and you watch (you have to watch, they make you stay) as it goes into something resembling a giant laser printer

Maybe it was just me, but I thought it looked more like a gigantic shredder.

Re:What is wrong with an "X"??

[AbbyNormal]

Sir I take particular offense to your statement

b) a very short attention span.

I am very well capable of keeping my attention fixated on a point that is well worth my....Hey! Another article on Microsoft doing something bad!