BBV: New voting technology questioned 9/22 (Charlotte Observer)

[Bushfire]

By FINN BULLERS
Kansas City Star

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A growing national debate threatens to undermine efforts to replace older voting technology like the punch-card system that is at the heart of California's current election standoff.

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Among newer systems being implemented in California and elsewhere are touch-screen computer voting machines. But the computerized balloting that election officials long have touted as the wave of the future is under attack from scientists and computer experts who worry that computerized voting systems are vulnerable to tampering and manipulation that could easily go undetected.

"This could be something that compromises democracy," said David Dill, a Stanford University professor of computer science who researches security issues.

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Rubin and Diebold now are hesitant to discuss the conflict, pending possible legal action. But election officials condemn the academic study and say the threat is overblown.

more...

http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/nation/6832155.htm

If this was posted earlier, I'll alert the mods to lock/delete.

Looks like even Rubin is wary of legal action now.

[qb]

1. Ahhh, "Legal action"! What a lovely phrase!

[JPace]

2. Nice to see this getting national coverage....

we had a large article about the weakness
of computer voting last weekend in the
paper in ACT (Asheville Citizen Times)
Asheville, NC. This city votes mostly
democratic in a state that is pro repug.
It talked about Diebold and quotes
Bev Harris. http://cgi.citizen-times.com/cgi-bin/story/42144

[Bushfire]

3. Somebody call a plumber! drip, Drip, DRIP!!! n/t

[kimchi]

4. GUSH!

Thanks again to BEV and ALL those who have helped get this into the media!

[BeFree]

5. well kick my ass

The media is paying attention... I've been telling everyone "you heard it here first, soon you'll be reading about it." They all look at me like WTF?

DU is so far ahead of the rest of America we are in the drivers seat. We are just getting rolling. Please, No Smoking Allowed.<grin>

[alfredo]

6. A friend just passed on the news that a florida county

is going with a paper trail. I am awaiting a link.

[Bushfire]

7. Go to LBN, there are two threads about Broward Cnty

on edit links:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=130326

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=130355

[RedEagle]

8. Keep Going

Kick!