Tuesday, May 16, 2006

PCWorld.com - Backdoor Found in Diebold Voting Machines

~~~ I am not a supporter of electronic voting.
As I have written about often here . ~~~ TP
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PCWorld.com - Backdoor Found in Diebold Voting Machines:
by Robert McMillan, IDG News Service Monday, May 15, 2006

"Diebold Election Systems plans to make changes to its electronic voting machines, following the disclosure of a number of serious security flaws in the systems. {The} Company says it will make changes to the electronic voting machines before the November 7 2006 general election."
"After the November 2000 presidential election exposed flaws in traditional paper ballots, many U.S. states have rushed to adopt electronic voting systems. But computer experts have pointed out numerous security flaws in these machines, and some consumer groups have called for them to be dropped altogether."
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