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New Jersey E-Voting Problems Worse Than Originally Suspected

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the lazy-or-shady-it's-still-evil dept.

TechDirt is reporting that the New Jersey e-voting troubles are even worse than originally thought. Apparently the "minor bug" which was supposed to be fixed is still not corrected, suggesting that Sequoia still doesn't know what is going on. "Ed Felten has received a bunch of 'summary tapes' from the last election in New Jersey, and while many of them do have the vote totals matching up correctly at the end at least two of the summary tapes simply don't add up, meaning that Sequoia's explanation of what went wrong is incorrect. Given how often the company has denied or hidden errors in its machines, despite a ton of evidence, we shouldn't be surprised that it was inaccurate in explaining away this latest problem as well. However, we should be outraged that the company refuses to allow third party researchers to investigate these machines. It's a travesty that any government would use them when they've been shown to have so many problems and the company is unwilling to allow an independent investigation."

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  1. Minor Big by electricbern · · Score: 3, Funny

    Make up your mind.

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  2. I hate bigs. by DoofusOfDeath · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apparently the "minor big" which was supposed to be fixed is still not corrected

    I guess I'm a dork for enjoying the second-order kind of humor in that statement.

  3. It's New Jersey... by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...and, you know, the voting machines fell off the back of a truck - if you know what I mean - which is why the state was able to get them "wholesale". You got a problem with that? I got your warranty right here.

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  4. Well, duh. by Jane+Q.+Public · · Score: 2, Funny

    You can't help fix elections if you allow the public to review your machines and code! Come on, people, don't be ridiculous.

  5. Re:where are the whistleblowers? by kesuki · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Whistle-blower laws exist because companies don't exactly line up to hire such paragons of virtue and honesty."

    Ahh, so THAT was the question i kept screwing up when i tried to get a job at best buy. Who the hell knew that if you saw someone steal 20 dollars from the company they wanted you to say you'd do nothing.

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  6. They Can't Ban Sequoia by darkonc · · Score: 2, Funny

    Every time they have a vote to ban Sequoia, it turns out in Sequoia's favor -- no matter how many claim that they voted against them.

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