Sunday NYT: Officials Wary of Electronic Voting Machines

[kpete]

Officials Wary of Electronic Voting Machines

By IAN URBINA
Published: September 24, 2006
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 — A growing number of state and local officials are getting cold feet about electronic voting technology, and many are making last-minute efforts to limit or reverse the rollout of new machines in the November elections.

Less than two months before voters head to the polls, Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. of Maryland this week became the most recent official to raise concerns publicly. Mr. Ehrlich, a Republican, said he lacked confidence in the state’s new $106 million electronic voting system and suggested a return to paper ballots.

Dozens of states have adopted electronic voting technology to comply with federal legislation in 2002 intended to phase out old-fashioned lever and punch-card machines after the “hanging chads” confusion of the 2000 presidential election.

But some election officials and voting experts say they fear that the new technology may have only swapped old problems for newer, more complicated ones. Their concerns became more urgent after widespread problems with the new technology were reported this year in primaries in Ohio, Arkansas, Illinois, Maryland and elsewhere.

more at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/24/us/politics/24voting.html?hp&ex=1159070400&en=298fa45bfb12e669&ei=5094&partner=homepage

[babylonsister]

1. I just can't wait to see all the fubars in November.

:eyes: When will they learn?

[MissWaverly]

2. vote hacking goes suburban

Montgomery County is Maryland's most populous jurisdiction and its most affluent. The County is located adjacent to the nation's capital, Washington, D.C., and includes 497 square miles of land area. (This is from the county's website)

Now the hoofbeats of vote hacking are being heard in the affluent suburbs, they will have
their votes manipulated to fit an unknown agenda.

It's not playing well at the country club.

[AtLiberty]

3. And the election officials who aren't getting cold feet...

...are splashing in the hot tub with Diebold reps. Margaritas for everyone!!!

[Wilms]

4. K&R n/t

[lyonn]

5. Well, well, the NYT

The last sentence in article was important when someone mentioned how the machines were taken home by some of the poll workers prior to the election, unfettered access I think he said.

[flyarm]

6. a little late to the dance aren't they?? gee i ust wonder..will the dems

now wake up ?? i really just wonder..for many of us in Fla who have tried to awaken the dem party to this ..its a little late don'tcha think??..hell we were treated like shit by our own party leaders in fla when we even brought this up in conversation!..i guess our tin hats belong to party leaders now!!

fly