Thursday, September 14, 2006

So Much For Touch Screen Voting

After all the hype and nonsense about the compatibility of Diebold touch screen voting machines with other voting technology in Winnebago County, and all of the cheap shot attacks against critics of the system, the local press describes the less than stellar debut of the technology here and here. Imagine the situation we would be in right now if one of the elections had been close?

Meanwhile, a couple of Princeton professors have just released a report showing how easy it is to hack the Diebold machines. Here's a summary. Diebold's rapid response PR team immediately sent out this response.

1 comment:

tony palmeri said...

Hello,

Here's a link to an archive of some materials about the Winnebago County situation: http://www.tonypalmeri.com/tsvarch.htm