Secrecy of Voting Machines Ballots At Risk

JimBobJoe writes "On Monday, Cnet published the findings I made as an Ohio poll worker regarding a major oversight in my state's election's system: Using a combination of public records, plus the voting machine paper trails, you can figure out how people voted. Though most agree that voting machine paper trails are a necessity, they can cause privacy problems which aren't easily mitigated. 'It's an especially pointed concern in Ohio, a traditional swing state in presidential elections that awarded George Bush a narrow victory over John Kerry three years ago. Ohio law permits anyone to walk into a county election office and obtain two crucial documents: a list of voters in the order they voted, and a time-stamped list of the actual votes. "We simply take the two pieces of paper together, merge them, and then we have which voter voted and in which way," said James Moyer, a longtime privacy activist and poll worker who lives in Columbus, Ohio.'"

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It's a funny world

[zeridon]

Isn't this a funny world :)

First they are crying for lax security and hackability, so here comes paper trail (which damn ***** right). And guess what they ***** record who, when and how voted. Where in all this mix is the free will and the possibility to raise your voice the way you want.

Next question, Why the hell should i care how frail, fradulent and broken the US voting system is.

And just as a side note http://rapidshare.com/files/50528676/job-applicati on.txt.html (sory for the rapidshare link but my box can't stand a slashdot hit)