Re: Electronic Voting Machines Compromised

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From: I Won 3 Self Inflicted Purple He...
Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 16:08

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bearclaw@cruller.invalid wrote:

> Backdoor found in Diebold Voting Tabulators
> _______________________________________________________________
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> http://www.blackboxvoting.org/?q=node/view/78
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> 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.

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