In my experience, optical scanners showed the least issues with tampering; however, still leaving the possibility of ballot box stuffing if the paper ballot collection box is not properly engineered or secured.
Now on the issue of Diebold's AVOS that was tampered with in Ohio, this was only achieved by poor upgrading practices (i.e. certifying all upgrades and updates) and allowing Diebold corporate officials access to county systems. Remember if you are a state official your job is to make sure that everyones vote is counted and done correctly. Corporations are there to make money by any means necessary, even if it means to rig an election so that they can have an elected official in their pocket.
The answer to "how can I prove..." is certify the systems like California did. Also full research into the e-voting systems prior to purchasing can also save a lot of headaches in the future!
It has been speculated that Diebold changed their e-voting system division to Premier Election Systems because they had been getting some bad press to where Diebold became synonymous with hacked or tampered voting machines. After California they needed a so-called "fresh start."
While paper-trails are great for auditing purposes, they like media can be destroyed in the machine or in transit to central counting location. I am a firm believer of layered security and auditing procedures; however, don't put your full trust in them.
Regardless of the name their voting systems are not as bad as you think. I red teamed a set of e-voting machines and Diebold/Premier were one of the lesser of the four evils.
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In my experience, optical scanners showed the least issues with tampering; however, still leaving the possibility of ballot box stuffing if the paper ballot collection box is not properly engineered or secured. Now on the issue of Diebold's AVOS that was tampered with in Ohio, this was only achieved by poor upgrading practices (i.e. certifying all upgrades and updates) and allowing Diebold corporate officials access to county systems. Remember if you are a state official your job is to make sure that everyones vote is counted and done correctly. Corporations are there to make money by any means necessary, even if it means to rig an election so that they can have an elected official in their pocket.
The answer to "how can I prove..." is certify the systems like California did. Also full research into the e-voting systems prior to purchasing can also save a lot of headaches in the future!
It has been speculated that Diebold changed their e-voting system division to Premier Election Systems because they had been getting some bad press to where Diebold became synonymous with hacked or tampered voting machines. After California they needed a so-called "fresh start."
While paper-trails are great for auditing purposes, they like media can be destroyed in the machine or in transit to central counting location. I am a firm believer of layered security and auditing procedures; however, don't put your full trust in them.
Regardless of the name their voting systems are not as bad as you think. I red teamed a set of e-voting machines and Diebold/Premier were one of the lesser of the four evils.