Evoting in India, Maryland · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by michael on Sunday February 29, 2004 @08:59AM from the vote-as-often-as-you-want-we'll-make-more dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "EVMs are back in the news again. The BBC is reporting on the use of over a million Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) in India for Parliamentary elections in April. With a billion people and an electorate of 668 million, it is by far the largest democratic election exercise in the world. A picture of an EVM is provided." And Kierthos writes "An article on Yahoo! News mentions that Maryland's voting terminals will be wrapped in tamper proof tape, which 'just protects that malicious code physically', according to computer scientist Avi Rubin. Also mentioned are California's ongoing system of e-voting, as well as a point on whether Diebold should be banned in California after using uncertified software in last October's election."

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stupid stupid by SteveXE · 2004-02-29 09:05 · Score: 1, Troll

I dont get why its so hard for them to secure these damn things, why dont they use a custom os and custom software and lock the damn source in a vault where nobody can get it. This is far to important to leave unsecure, if they cant promise 100% unhackable voting then they shouldnt use it period.