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California Sec. of State Wants Open Source E-Voting Systems

Posted by Soulskill on from the nowhere-to-go-but-up dept.

Lucas123 writes "California's Secretary of State, Debra Bowen, was among a group of e-voting experts at MIT yesterday who said the nation's electronic voting systems are still not secure and many run on faulty software. Among the suggestions offered to fix the problem: use open source software, stop delivering e-voting machines to polling places weeks in advance of an election, and keep a paper trail for auditing purposes. Bowen also believes that a ubiquitous Internet voting system could not work without the use of a national ID card system."

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  1. Simple Solution. by bigtallmofo · · Score: 5, Funny

    No need to open source anything or make any other changes... Just slap a sticker with one of those disclaimers on each of the current voting machines that reads "This is not a scientific poll and is completely inaccurate."

    Problem solved.

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  2. Now for the BIG decision by Vinegar+Joe · · Score: 4, Funny

    KDE or Gnome? But since it's California, it'll probably be Enlightenment.

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    1. Re:Now for the BIG decision by oodaloop · · Score: 5, Funny

      Finally, the year of the Linux voting machine has arrived!

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  3. Re:Nice step forward by eltaco · · Score: 2, Funny

    http://xkcd.com/463/

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  4. Re:GoogleSat Raise-Your-Hand Voting . . . by Amazing+Quantum+Man · · Score: 2, Funny

    I vote third party, you insensitive clod!!!!

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  5. Re:GoogleSat Raise-Your-Hand Voting . . . by jcwayne · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's you choice, but you may be charged with indecent exposure.

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  6. Re:GoogleSat Raise-Your-Hand Voting . . . by GaryOlson · · Score: 3, Funny

    The camera resolution is not high enough to discern items that small. Your vote has been disqualified.

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  7. I don't understand the secrecy by ypctx · · Score: 2, Funny

    To provide a more accurate picture to the voting masses, just replace the voting machines with modified slot machines. You have to insert $1 coin and strike 3 Obamas in a row to actually vote for him. All other votes go to McCain. Top part of the machine could display laughing members of Congress, and what are they worth (only the millionaires).