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Thursday, July 08, 2004

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The Register - July 7, 2004
E-voting security: looking good on paper?

The voter's paper receipt has become the security idée fixe of DRE skeptics, and a shibboleth identifying those who are on the 'right' side of the debate. This is because the paper trail is a concept easily understood and conveniently communicated. It also likely derives much appeal from the fact that it involves an object that one can hold in one's hand and examine, unlike the results of a strictly electronic process.

But it's far more security blanket than security measure. At the moment, there is so much wrong with DRE security that the paper record has become a harmful distraction.

Via Slashdot indirectly.
Slashdot - Saturday July 03, 2004
ACM Eyes Policy Position on Electronic Voting

Monday, July 05, 2004

Seattle Post-Intelligencer - AP - July 3, 2004
Activist: E-voting to be a 'train wreck'

Bev Harris has unearthed obscure arrest records, ties to conservative political groups and other embarrassing secrets of senior executives at voting companies.

Her conclusion: there will be so many problems with the more than 100,000 paperless voting terminals to be used in the November presidential election that the fiasco will dwarf Florida's hanging chad debacle of 2000.

"We have a train wreck that's definitely going to happen," Harris said. "We have conflict of interest, we've taken the checks and balances away, and we know the votes are already being miscounted fairly frequently. This is going to be huge."

via Slashdot E-voting to be a 'Train Wreck'?
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