This may have already been posted: ... but I couldnt find it anywhere ....
Shoddy software may cloud Calif. recall vote THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
SAN JOSE, Calif. -- As if elections officials in California don't have enough to worry about as they prepare for a bewildering Oct. 7 recall vote, computer scientists say shoddy balloting software could bungle the results and expose the election to fraud.
Their worst-case scenario is the accidental deletion or malicious falsification of ballots from the 1.42 million Californians voting electronically -- 9.3 percent of the state's 15.3 million registered voters.
The software experts also warn that, if any candidate contests the election, a meaningful recount would prove impossible because four counties -- including two of the largest -- don't provide paper backups. The others still use punch-card machines, optical scanners or other systems that provide physical evidence of votes.
"We should put in the safeguards as soon as possible -- especially in an election that's going to be so complicated and difficult," said David Dill, a computer science professor at Stanford University.
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http://www.theolympian.com/home/news/20030815/frontpage/76131.shtml<edit: Geez: ... this is dated two days ago, but was posted in Buzzflash on the 17th, IE today .... my bad .... mods: feel free to purge this thread, iffin you wish ... >
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