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Article #7139Re: Electronic Voting Machines Compromised
From: Shawn Hearn
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 18:50
Date: Sun, 05 Sep 2004 18:50
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In article <2prj7eFnfjigU1@uni-berlin.de>, I Won 3 Self Inflicted Purple Hearts and Got out of 'Nam Early <jketchup@teresasaysshoveit.com> wrote: > bearclaw@cruller.invalid wrote: > > > Backdoor found in Diebold Voting Tabulators > > _______________________________________________________________ > > > > http://www.blackboxvoting.org/?q=node/view/78 > > > > Issue: Manipulation technique found in the Diebold central tabulator -- > > 1,000 of these systems are in place, and they count up to two million > > votes at a time. > > > > By entering a 2-digit code in a hidden location, a second set of votes > > is created. This set of votes can be changed, so that it no longer > > matches the correct votes. The voting system will then read the totals > > from the bogus vote set. It takes only seconds to change the votes, and > > to date not a single location in the U.S. has implemented security > > measures to fully mitigate the risks. > > > Sounds like a democrat's wet dream, now no longer do they have to worry > about throwing out military votes, having felons vote, and having 46,000 > people who are registered in both New York and Florida getting caught > for double voting. Its a Republican's wet dream. Diebold is owned lock, stock, and barrel by the Republicans. The president of that company is conservative and a heavy contributor to Republican political organizations, including George's W. Bush's campaigns.
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