BBV-- E-Voting Blunder article now featured at WIRED.COM

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A FYI post-- it's drip-drip-dripping, and the ripples are expanding outward more and more rapidly!

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E-Voting Blunder Creates a Stir

03:00 PM Sep. 10, 2003 PT

SAN JOSE, California -- The strange case of an election tally that appears to have popped up on the Internet hours before polls closed is casting new doubts about the trustworthiness of electronic voting machines.

During San Luis Obispo County's March 2002 primary, absentee vote tallies were apparently sent to an Internet site operated by Diebold Election Systems, the maker of the voting machines used in the election.

At least that's what time stamps on digital records showed.

County election officials say the unexplained gaffe probably didn't influence the vote, and Diebold executives -- who only recently acknowledged the lapse -- say voters should have confidence in the election process.

MORE AT: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,60388,00.html

(This AP article has probably already been referenced here from other sources-- there's a chance this is a dupe. Mods, please take appropriate action if this is so.)