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Election Officials And Crackers Challenge Diebold
Rick Zeman writes "The Washington Post is reporting that election officials in Florida have manipulated election results in controlled tests. From the article: 'Four times over the past year Sancho told computer specialists to break in to his voting system. And on all four occasions they did, changing results with what the specialists described as relatively unsophisticated hacking techniques. To Sancho, the results showed the vulnerability of voting equipment manufactured by Ohio-based Diebold Election Systems, which is used by Leon County and many other jurisdictions around the country.'"
paid members get a red title and a big h1 tagged "You're a rich moron" message instead of ads.
Also, somebody please explain this weirdness with this story or I will kill you all.
They're links to articles that otherwise wouldn't have made it onto the main page. It looks like Taco might have some pressure on to get more pageviews/ad hits. Since he's made it clear he's not planning on improving the professional aspects of the site (spelling/grammar in summaries, dupes, y'know - the editors doing their fucking jobs!), he's finding ways to cram more stories onto the front page.
But, Democrats will prefer Diebold machines now. I mean, if they can easily go in and alter the results, they have a better chance at stealing more elections and "taking back the majority."
What those who want activist courts fear is rule by the people.