Damning Report On Sequoia E-Voting Machine Security

TechDirt notes the publication of the New Jersey voting machine study, the attempted suppression of which we have been discussing for a while now. The paper that the Princeton and Lehigh University researchers are releasing, as permitted by the Court, is "the same as the Court's redacted version, but with a few introductory paragraphs about the court case, Gusciora v. Corzine." What's new is the release of a 90-minute evidentiary video — the researchers have asked the court for permission to release a shorter version that hits the high points, as the high-res video is about 1 GB in size. See TechDirt's article for the report's executive summary listing eight ways the AVC Advantage 9.00 voting machine can be subverted.

Comments

So what?

[Arthur B.]

I don't see what the big deal is with voting fraud. So what?

True, ballot has a weak check and balance effect on some government actions, but in these cases the rigging has to be completely obvious, not stealth.

The rest of the times elections are just a propaganda tool giving an illusion of control to the voters, making government psychologically more bearable. Voting fraud is merely a small inefficiency within the government.

If you care about voting fraud, you believe voting makes a difference. If you believe that, you are truly naive.

Re:So what?

[Arthur B.]

You're missing the point, even if you can slightly influence which of the two candidate will win, it doesn't make a difference.

(let's thank the moders for the -1: Troll-because-I-disagree-democracy-is-kewwwll-I-was-told-so-in-democratic-school )