Worst Ever Security Flaw in Diebold Voting Machine

WhiteDragon writes "The folks at Open Voting Foundation got their hands on a Diebold AccuVote TS touchscreen voting machine. They took it apart (pictures here), and found the most serious security flaw ever discovered in this machine. A single switch is all that is required to cause the machine to boot an unverified external flash instead of the built-in, verified EEPROM."

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Re:wrong question

[955301]

you suspected correctly. The current rep, Tom Feeney, representing South Florida rigged the US 2004 election election for his post.

http://www.youtube.com/v/7WmC4grXdIk

http://www.house.gov/feeney/

very interesting video. The computer programmer explains what he was asked to do. He gets stupid at the end though and starts rambling off topic, but I blame that on too much time on Slashdot.

Re:When Will Politicians Wake Up?

[SpryGuy]

You might want to read this: Fooled Again: How the Right Stole the 2004 Election & Why They'll Steal the Next One Too (Unless We Stop Them)

Voting in the USA

[slashflood]

20 Amazing Facts About Voting in the USA

Everyone who says that Diebold is too incompetent to create a secure voting maschine is following the wrong trail.

Re:When Will Politicians Wake Up?

[Serveert]

If he wants to sell an honest analysis he should give the book an honest title.

You can't judge a book by its cover, but I can't waste my time reading every single book out there just to find out whether or not it's been mistitled either.

What about studies from social scientists from UC Berkeley?

The study found counties with e-voting tended to tilt toward Bush, even after controlling for differences between counties including past voting history, income, percentage of Hispanic voters, voter turnout, and county size.

Then there are peer-reviewed studies from statisticians and mathematicians which show "Irrefutable Evidence of Vote Miscount" in Ohio's 2004 elections.

Here's an exerpt:


Ohios exit poll discrepancy pattern includes three precincts with virtually impossible outcomes and an
unusually high number of precincts with significant discrepancy.1