Diebold Disks May Have Been For Testers

opencity writes "The Washington Post reports on the two Diebold source disks that were anonymously sent to a Maryland election official this past week. Further investigation has lead individuals involved to believe the disks came from a security check demanded by the Maryland legislature sometime in 2003." From the article: "Critics of electronic voting said the most recent incident in Maryland casts doubt on Lamone's claim that Maryland has the nation's most secure voting system. "There now may be numerous copies of the Diebold software floating around in unauthorized hands," said Linda Schade, co-founder of TrueVoteMD, which has pressed for a system that provides a verifiable paper record of each vote."

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I thank you for 70ur time

[Anonymous Coward]

NetBSD 0s3r

Re:So why did we move to electronic voting again?

[Lord Kano]

Why?

Because the Democrats sobbed like little bitches with skinned knees that the Butterfly Ballots used in Florida were too difficult to understand.

So, they got what they wanted. A voting process that was easier to understand but impossible to verify.

LK

voting question is kind of academic

[nido]

... as far as the current system goes. Rigged elections are nothing new in America - why would the electioneers give up their control over the outcome voluntarily?

No, for "we the people" to get fair, honest elections, the entire crooked Feral government has to collapse first. The clean up crew can then round up George Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and the rest of the globalist NeoCons, and turn them into NeoConvicts, for their warcrimes and other crimes against humanity. Bill Clinton for carpet bombing Serbia, the current crew for the tens (hundreds?) of thousands of civilian casualties in Iraq & elsewhere.

Fortunately, the world's only superpower isn't much of a superpower anymore. Not only is the economy on its last legs before a much-needed correction, but our leaders have abdicated the moral high ground. Our government is now little more than a jackbooted thug, a Goliath picking on people in all corners of the world. But there are a couple groups with slingshots to keep the balance, so all's well.

Crooked elections are the least of our worries, at this point - been there, done that, look what we got. I'm looking forward to Bush & Co. getting their due.

Re:What's the problem again?

[grimJester]

Forgive if if I misunderstood, but shouldn't Linda Schade be happy that there's copies of the software available for public scrutiny instead of complaining about it?

You, sir, have completely misunderstood the concept of schadenfreude.

..groan...

If it can't be AUDITED, it didn't happen...

[mikelieman]

So, tell me again about how Bush "Won" ANYTHING?

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