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The State of Electronic Voting In the 2008 US Elections

Posted by Soulskill on from the no-paper-trail-no-problem dept.

Geek Satire writes "Voting works only if you believe your vote gets counted accurately. The 2008 US elections have avoided many well-known problems of the 2004 and 2000 elections, but many problems remain. O'Reilly News interviewed Dr. Barbara Simons, advisor to the Federal Election Assistance Commission, to review electronic voting in the 2008 US elections, discussing the physical security of storing and maintaining election machines, the move from electronic back to paper ballots, and why open source voting machines don't necessarily solve problems of bugs, backdoors, and audits."

3 of 223 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Voting is a joke now by e9th · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Was there ever a time when you could guarantee that every vote counted?

  2. Is it that hard? by nmp0906 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Am I the only one that is completely confused by how difficult it seems to be to make an electronic voting machine and have it actually work?

  3. Re:Help America Vote? by Xylaan · · Score: 5, Informative
    The two party system occurs mostly due to our first-past-the-post voting system.

    See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_past_the_post#Effect_on_political_parties