Part 1 was posted in LBN yesterday.
An I-Team 8 Investigation
Part Two: Will Your Vote Count?By Rick Dawson and Loni Smith McKown
I-Team 8
Election returns used to be tallied late into the night. Today, we want instant results. But at what cost?
I-Team 8's investigation reveals serious concerns about accuracy, reliability and security of modern voting technology. It leads to a question at the very heart of democracy: Will our votes count?
“Those of us who work with computing are perhaps most aware of the potential failures and the manipulations of the systems,” said Eugene Spafford, Purdue computer expert.
The first time Marion County's optical-scan machines were used in a general election, but it still took eight weeks to find out who won. “They're far more accurate because you don't have human beings making tallies,” said Doris Anne Sadler, Marion County clerk.
http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1649813&nav=0Ra6KtFX