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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: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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  4. 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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