E-Voting Terminals Face Super Tuesday Test

[rodbarnett]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Maryland's sleek new voting machines will be swathed in tamper-proof tape during Tuesday's primary election, but that won't make computer scientist Avi Rubin any more confident in the outcome.

State election officials decided to wrap their $55 million touch-screen systems in tamper tape and keep an eye out for suspicious behavior after a panel of experts said they were vulnerable to a variety of hacking techniques.

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"I'm confident, and I think that the citizens of Maryland can have a great deal of confidence" that the machines will record votes accurately on Tuesday, said Linda Lamone, Maryland's administrator of elections.

But a growing chorus of activists and computer experts say many of these systems are prone to the bugs, glitches and security holes familiar to any computer owner. Hackers could also secretly alter the outcome of an election, they say.

http://news.myway.com/politics/article/id/388171|politics|02-29-2004::18:08|reuters.html

comment : if these machines are good enough to use in the primaries it only reasons that they will be deemed fit for the general election as well. what are your thoughts?

[WhoCountsTheVotes]

1. Wonder who will win the "Black Box Voting" in MD tomorrow?

I wonder

[rock]

2. How can it be a test?

Do we already know the answers and will be able to judge how the machines do? There isn't a paper trail is there?

[tryanhas]

3. Don't worry...

...they'll all break Kerry's way.

That's why he can remain so snub, because he knows that DIEBOLD will come through for his elite secret society behind.

[redqueen]

5. I guess that's why he said he'd look into it only AFTER he's the nominee

tricksy

[Timefortruth]

4. They have to "keep an eye out" for suspicious behavior

to prevent tampering? Well, I guess as long as they have an eye out there is nothing to worry about.