Calif. Whistleblowers Sue Diebold

KingFishKingFish
edited July 2004 in Science & Tech
Critics of electronic voting are suing Diebold under a whistleblower law, alleging that the company's shoddy balloting equipment exposed California elections to hackers and software bugs.
California's attorney general unsealed the lawsuit Friday. It was filed in November but sealed under a provision that keeps such actions secret until the government decides whether to join the plaintiffs. Lawmakers from Maryland to California are expressing doubts about the integrity of paperless voting terminals made by several large manufacturers, which up to 50 million Americans will use in November.
And with Al-Qaeda wanting to do something during election time, this should scare the heck out of most Americans. -KF

Source: Wired

Comments

  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    This was so predictable, for two reasons:

    1) Technical consultants warned against such potential security vulnerabilities even as electronic voting was being studied after West Palm Beach's inability to understand paper ballots.

    2) This very likely a test of defenses as it were, in order to launch an elections results challenge in November - if things don't go the way they are hoped in certain geographic locations.
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited July 2004
    The biggest problem with these Electonic voting systems is there is no paper audit trail for most of them (or recount option). And all of us here know how ripe for fraud such as system would be.
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    I've got a great idea that's low cost, low tech, simple to use, and has proven reliable for decades -



    paper ballots!
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    Apparently the <s>retards</s> common American can't even figure those out. :rolleyes:
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited July 2004
    Hmmph - I believe the hapless, confused voters were confined to one county, in only one state. (I'd name the state, but don't want to embarrass any fellow Short-Medians from there.)
  • TheSmJTheSmJ
    edited July 2004
    "All the nuts roll down hill..."
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