Expert Issues E-Voting System Challenge

KingFishKingFish
edited August 2004 in Science & Tech
One of the nation's leading critics of paperless electronic voting machines issued a challenge Thursday to computer hackers attending their annual Black Hat conference, encouraging them to test whether it's possible to rig an election.
Rebecca Mercuri, a Harvard University-affiliated research fellow, encouraged hackers to inspect software code made available on the Internet by VoteHere, an electronic voting software company based in Bellevue, Wash., and called upon other voting machine vendors to make their codes and products available. "I'm tired of hearing members of the election community say that no problems have occurred with electronic voting systems when every election there's plenty of newspaper reports of 'glitches,'" Mercuri said. Mercuri said her challenge was in response to a similar bet issued by Michael Shamos, a Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist and voting technology consultant. Shamos has promised $10,000 to anyone who can hack into a voting machine undetected.
10 grand for someone who can hack this? How about the "winning" candidate doling out much more for a winning election? -KF

Source: Excite/Associated Press

Comments

  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited August 2004
    At this point in time, there is no way in hell I would even remotely trust electronic voting.
  • NomadNomad A Small Piece of Hell Icrontian
    edited August 2004
    I wouldn't trust electronic voting. I don't know if I ever would.
  • EyesOnlyEyesOnly Sweden New
    edited August 2004
    Me neither.
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