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  1. Election database changes with MS Access on E-Voting Problems Are Mostly User Error, Says ITAA · · Score: 1
    Don't worry about how bad the Voting booths are. The data is sent to a collection center where the databases can easily be opened and altered with MS Access. From BlackBoxVoting, in an email exchange at Diebold.
    http://www.blackboxvoting.com/modules.php?name=New s&file=article&sid=59
    Right now you can open GEMS' .mdb file with MS-Access, and alter its contents. That includes the audit log.
    .snip..
    Note however that even if we put a password on the file, it doesn't really prove much. Someone has to know the password,
    .. snip..
    You have to trust the person with the NT password at least
    Most states collection centers are using temps to monitor their systems.
  2. Insurance costs on Rolling Your Own Business Desktops? · · Score: 1

    The company will want to insure the new hardware. At an estimated value of $36,000, they will be concerned about replacements and disaster recovery.
    From past experience, banks and insurance companies are very nervous when non-brand name PCs are used.