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Vote Tabulator Security Hole Exposed
Doc Ruby writes "Black Box Voting has exposed a security hole in Diebold machines that tabulate votes collected from electronic voting machines. A code entered into the tabulator's user interface duplicates the "secure" counts into an insecure count which can be changed, and counted instead. The "double books" vulnerability and exploit were reported to the manufacturer over a year ago, and confirmed, while major customers (California and Washington states) were notified shortly thereafter. In spite of some revisions, the latest version of the software remains insecure. Diebold voting machines running GEMS version 1.18.x are vulnerable, running in about three dozen states. Although the software is widely deployed, and scheduled for use in shortly upcoming elections, risk mitigations are available, mostly protocols restricting physical or network access to the machines. Other auditing/accountability measures for ensuring only trusted access to the system are recommended."
It's obvious who will win this election. We will have a vote, then the threat level will be raised on November 3 to RED and citing DMCA-like Acts dubya will hold onto presidency for another four more years.
Why can't the Texas village call back it's idiot???
"Doing what i can, with what i have." ~ Burt Gummer
You do know that evoting and diabold have MAJOR backers on BOTH sides of the isle in congress, don't you?
Of course you do, but you have to be a coward and pretend that only one side is corrupt when both are.
Actually, there is a solid rationale for pointing at Republicans first. Our current president--the Republican incumbent--has already deceived the American people on numerous occasions. Additionally the legitimacy of the 2000 election (which was in Bush's and Republicans' favor) is still debated today.
What if there's a terrorist event close to the election, and the Ridge who cried "wolf" told us not to worry? If just 1% more city dwellers than suburbanites or rural voters left town on Election Day, Bush could win on the differential. Then what could we possibly do, especially after we complained about Bush plans to postpone an election?
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Last time I checked the DEMS used religion as much or more than the GOP. Both sides use religion to get elected and till you can show what they have done, not what they have said, your theory will be just that, a theory.
/. in the past 28 days. You can not easly group me into a single catagory.) ;->
Bush, Ashcroft, Delay and Pat have all show that they will change what they believe if it gets them power and/or money. Look at what they said they believed 5 years ago comparied to what they say they believe today.
You must study their actions not their words to truely understand what they are thinking.
(One last point, don't say what I will do or think. I have been called a liberal, a conservative, a Christian wacko, a athiest, a drug head, a jack booted thug and a whole host of other things on
When did the CEO of dibold say the USA should be a theocracy?
Please provide a source.
Clinton was giving a speach in a church TODAY. He does it all the time. So does Sharpton and a host of other Dems.
Please name one piece of legislation that the GOP has put forth to begin the process of turning the USA into a theocracy?
Research the damn topic becuase you have no idea what you are talking about. Stop believing what others tell you and do some research yourself.
You have all these wild ideas, yet you don't back them up. Billions of dollars from moon? Oh, and that extreme Christain movement you are talking about, a lot of them do not like bush becuase he really hasn't done anything.
And McCain and Former Mayor NYC are not outsiders in the GOP, they have a lot of power and it suits their public image to be viewed as outsiders.