E-Voting Undermined By Sloppiness

[shirlden]

http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,61637,00.html?tw=wn_story_top5

An audit of Diebold voting machines in California has revealed that the company installed uncertified software in all 17 counties that use its electronic voting equipment.

While 14 counties used software that had been qualified by fedral authorities but not certified by state authorities, three counties, including Los Angeles, used software that had never been certified by the state or qualified by federal authorities for use in any election.

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Excellent article by Kim Zetter on the California meeting yesterday.

[Zan_of_Texas]

1. Here's more on this

Kim Zetter has been right on the spot on bbv -- kudos to her, ongoing.

Here's a previous DU thread with lots more info from a poster who was there:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=927680

Also, if you want another article, here's the one from the Mercury News on the same meeting.

Voting machine maker dinged


AUDITOR SAYS SOFTWARE WASN'T APPROVED
Posted on Wed, Dec. 17, 2003
By Elise Ackerman
Mercury News http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/7511145.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp