Reply #10: Utah: Voting: A Touchy Subject

[MelissaB]

Voting: A Touchy Subject

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Demma, of the lieutenant governor's office, also made the case that electronic voting machines are difficult to subvert.

Practically speaking, Demma said, a saboteur would have to get through physical security barriers such as security seals and locks, which would show the machine had been tampered with, and a matching memory card encoded by Diebold and the clerk's office would be needed.

"You'd have an easier time hacking into a punchcard system than getting into these puppies," he said. "There isn't a clerk or a poll worker or a ballot official who would give you that kind of access."

Even with a "perfect storm of corruption," he added, there's still the paper records of votes that are verified by the voter.


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