Statesman Covers Evoting Controversy

Scientists, Democrats distrust new electronic voting machines

By Scott Shepard, Sunday, December 7, 2003, Austin American-Statesman Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — Computer voting machines have been touted as a solution to the problems of the 2000 presidential election, but some election officials and computer scientists are concerned that the machines, especially those with touch screens, might be inaccurate and, worse, susceptible to sabotage.

Great that the Statesman has the story. The only local folks they quoted were at Hart Intercivic.

4 thoughts on “Statesman Covers Evoting Controversy”

  1. I used the Hart InterCivic system as an election judge in the September constitutional amendment election. Based on that, I agree that their system would be a lot harder to break than the Diebold system appears to be. For one thing, Hart’s system has less connection to the outside than other systems have (in many situations, none at all), and what ain’t connected to the Net, you can’t crack without a LOT of work.

  2. E-Voting

    Article in Austin-area blog about the e-voting controversy that will hopefully build here. There is too much at stake here for this story to stay so quiet. BookBlog: Statesman Covers Evoting Controversy…

  3. E-Voting

    Article in Austin-area blog about the e-voting controversy that will hopefully build here. There is too much at stake here for this story to stay so quiet. BookBlog: Statesman Covers Evoting Controversy…

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