Fresh E-Voting Media Monitor Thread...

[althecat]

Hi..

Please post sitings of E-Voting stories, hearings and viewings also welcome.. + criticism of all.

This thread superseeds the last media monitoring thread.

[althecat]

1. Washington Post Tech Commentary from 26th...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A49285-2003Jul26.html

My third comment this week is about voting machines -- not those mechanical monsters we're used to wielding every November, but computerized replacements that companies are pitching to jurisdictions retiring old voting hardware.

The problem here is that while it's hard to tamper with paper ballots in bulk, a buggy program will gladly make the same mistake a million times in a row. And software can be harder to inspect for defects than mechanical voting machines.

Unless, that is, its programming code gets posted to the Internet by mistake, and some computer scientists get to eyeball it in depth.

[althecat]

2. THE REAL SCOOP ON DIEBOLD http://www.GuluFuture.com

http://www.GuluFuture.com/diebold_scoop.htm

THE REAL SCOOP
ON DIEBOLD
25th July, 2003 by Fintan Dunne,
Editor http://www.GuluFuture.com

On 24th July, 2003 an important story broke. Johns Hopkins University researchers found that electronic voting machines are full of security flaws which can allow fraudulent election results. A scandal indeed.

But like many reported 'scandals' this is a pseudo-investigation. In truth, the news was two weeks old. Alternative media site Scoop.co.nz first broke the unabridged full story, by Bev Harris --back in early July, 2003.

[althecat]

3. Coast To Coast gives a few minutes to EVoting

Another thread...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=86480&mesg_id=86480&page=4

[DoctorMyEyes]

4. a few more

The Register (UK)
Fraud potential found in e-voting systems
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/31986.html

The Gainesville Times
Hall official is confident in voting machines
http://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/stories/20030725/localnews/645352.html

13News Topeka Kansas
Company says Conclusions on Electronic Voting Mostly Wrong
http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/405137.html

Wired News
High-Tech Vote Fraud? Oh, Yeah 
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,59774,00.html