Highly recommended. Pretty eye-opening stuff...

Basic points:

1. All voting machine software is kept secret from anyone outside the company who makes them
2. It took a computer scientist 10 seconds to break into a voting machine
3. ITAs (Independent Testing Authorities) who test the machines test everything EXCEPT security vulnerability

11/29/2006 5:47:31 PM

a must read - http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/evoting.ars
a follow up from before the election - http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061101-8131.html
after the election - http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061114-8223.html

11/29/2006 5:54:43 PM

Well, if I was on a county board of elections I would not use them. So what?

11/29/2006 7:30:03 PM

But if we go back to butterfly ballots, the democrats won't be able to get anyone elected.

11/29/2006 7:34:31 PM

^

so we agree republicans are to stupid to hax a computer and prefer to cheat in paper

11/29/2006 7:37:34 PM

to stupid

11/29/2006 8:00:36 PM

i think i'd prefer the optical scanners, because the paper ballots are archived as well. still can't believe the voting security standards are voluntary...

11/29/2006 8:06:16 PM

sumfoo, you're unintentional hilarity makes me

11/29/2006 8:36:35 PM

yall all two stoopid

11/29/2006 9:04:38 PM