Colorado Decertifies E-voting Machines

mamer-retrogamer writes "On December 17, Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman decertified election equipment used by 64 Colorado counties, including machines made by Premier Election Solutions, formerly known as Diebold Election Systems. A report issued by the Secretary of State's office details a myriad of problems such as lack of password protection on the systems, controls that could give voters unauthorized access, and the absence of any way to track or detect security violations. Manufacturers have 30 days to appeal the decertification."

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skynet wants to vote

[User 956]

Colorado Decertifies E-voting Machines

Bad move. Everyone knows that lack of suffrage for machines is one of the catalysts of the machine uprising.

Was this decision the result of a vote?

[Anonymous Coward]

The 64 Supervisors of Election voted yea or nea on decertification

The result was 79-4 for decertification, motion carried

Re:Diebold's former names

[palegray.net]

I was going to vote, but heard some guy named Chad hung himself in the booth. Must have been the frustration of it all.

Re:In Related News...

[wiredlogic]

The Republicans will get blown away in the 2008 elections.

Monica is a turncoat, too?

Re:Obligatory replacement criteria

[palegray.net]

Seems like we have to choose between two different categories of risks. We get to tolerate either:

(1) Closed electronic voting systems that suffer from numerous problems, such as lack of accountability. No way to tell if the company producing the systems and collecting the data was paid to alter the results.

(2) Pen and paper voting systems that suffer from numerous problems, such as lack of accountability. No way to tell if the guys collecting and tabulating the ballots were paid to alter the results.

Sucks.

Re:How about this for a voting system?

[Cajun Hell]

Is this just too simple?

Well, it sure is deeply flawed. Think: how can someone make a profit on it? At least require that it use a special kind of paper that only my company makes.

Re:Obligatory replacement criteria

[RealGrouchy]

I propose a much better form of direct democracy that will solve all these problems once and for all.

For each candidate, get a large sack that is heavy enough that it requires exactly half of the electorate to lift it.

Tie a big, long rope around the sack, and hang the rope from a pulley.

Put an extension on this rope around a second pulley, and tie the other end of it around the candidate's neck.

Then let the electors loose. Politicians will be *highly motivated* to not piss off more than half of the electorate. Whichever candidate survives gets to run the government. Instant results, no counting required. Problem solved.

And if no candidate wins the confidence of a majority of voters, or if they all step aside before the vote, then there will be no politicians left to run the government. Problem also solved.

- RG>