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Ohio Sues Over Missing Electronic Votes
dstates writes "The Columbus Post Dispatch reports that the State of Ohio is suing Premier Election Systems (previously known as Diebold) over malfunctions in electronic voting machines. Election workers found that votes were 'dropped' in at least 11 counties when memory cards were uploaded to computer servers. The same voting machines are used nationwide. The company blames a conflict between their software and antivirus software for the problem and says that an advisory was issued on the subject. The Ohio lawsuit contends that the company made false representations and failed to live up to contractual obligations and seeks punitive damages."
The company blames a conflict between their software and antivirus software for the problem...
Yeah, the antivirus software kept deleting Diebold's Republican-favoring trojans.
...oh wait, did my vote get counted?
COLUMBUS - In a decision that surprised nobody, a 6-man 6-woman jury voted 11-0 with no abstentions in favor of the plaintiffs. Testimony on damages resumes next week.
Knowledge is how to play a game, intelligence is how to win, wisdom is knowing what game to play.
I find the concept of a voting machine needing virus protection hilarious. Desktop anti-virus protection is the last thing you think a voting machine would need; pretty much explains what a shitty concept these (specific) machines are. I can't wait to use these pieces of shit next election:
Select ONE:
(a) John McCain
(b) Barack Obama
(c) GIANT PENIS POPPING PILLS GAIN 2 INCHES SATISFY LOVER
The Republicans' answer is to talk about how great the AC works.
Anonymous cowards don't work, they spend all their time trolling on Slashdot!
Hail Eris, full of mischief...
Hail Discordia, I mean Dieboldia!
...until we tried to decide whether it would be based on KDE or Gnome. It would of course come to a vote, run by an impartial committee of QT developers, and we'd never quite figure out why there were more votes for KDE than there are Linux users.
"The biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place."
Diebold has already accidentally leaked the results:
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/diebold_accidentally_leaks
Things you think are in the Constitution, but are not.
The last politician to be hanged in America was Florida's own Rep. Chad.
Knowledge is how to play a game, intelligence is how to win, wisdom is knowing what game to play.
they nation should contract the Nevada Gaming Commission to manage voting software development testing and quality assurance.
why do I have to think of these things....
Maybe this entire goddamn decade has been nothing but a Y2K bug in some virtual reality demo at some rave, jammed on "bummer" the whole time.
Can I get a reboot?
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make install -not war
Now the question is why wasn't the design delegated to MIT or NASA
Dude, I'm a NASA contractor. You really don't want NASA to code your voting machine, unless you want it implemented as a scary FORTRAN program... :)
There is only one Anonymous Coward. Please stop sullying my good name with your baseless accusations.
what does 4 extra years of the Bush Administration work out to in punitive damages?