BBV: New voting technology questioned 9/22 (Charlotte Observer) [View All]

[Bushfire]

By FINN BULLERS
Kansas City Star

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A growing national debate threatens to undermine efforts to replace older voting technology like the punch-card system that is at the heart of California's current election standoff.

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Among newer systems being implemented in California and elsewhere are touch-screen computer voting machines. But the computerized balloting that election officials long have touted as the wave of the future is under attack from scientists and computer experts who worry that computerized voting systems are vulnerable to tampering and manipulation that could easily go undetected.

"This could be something that compromises democracy," said David Dill, a Stanford University professor of computer science who researches security issues.

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Rubin and Diebold now are hesitant to discuss the conflict, pending possible legal action. But election officials condemn the academic study and say the threat is overblown.

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http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/news/nation/6832155.htm

If this was posted earlier, I'll alert the mods to lock/delete.

Looks like even Rubin is wary of legal action now.