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NIST Condemns Paperless Electronic Voting

Posted by Zonk on from the they're-not-the-only-ones dept.

quizzicus writes "Paperless electronic voting machines 'cannot be made secure' [pdf] according to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). In the most sweeping condemnation of voting machines issued by any federal agency, NIST echoes what critics have been saying all along, that due to the lack of verifiability, 'a single programmer could rig a major election.' Rather than adding printers, though, NIST endorses the hand-marked optical-scan system as the most reliable."

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  1. Don't blame me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I voted for Kodos.

  2. because without a verifiable paper trail... by holden+caufield · · Score: 5, Funny

    you can never be certain when duplicate events can occur.

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    1. Re:because without a verifiable paper trail... by holden+caufield · · Score: 2, Funny

      you can never be certain when duplicate events can occur.

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  3. I Knew It! by Quantam · · Score: 2, Funny

    NIST echoes what critics have been saying all along, that due to the lack of verifiability, 'a single programmer could rig a major election.'

    I knew there had to be a reason the Democrats won congress! Hopefully they'll have this fixed by 2008!

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  4. Re:Hand-marked is the way to go by CheeseTroll · · Score: 2, Funny

    What's an (R) or (D) ballot? If I vote for a republican governor, but a democratic senator, does it meet halfway and become a (K) ballot?

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