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Digital Ballots: Where's the Backup?

Off-year election is a test of touchscreen voting machines in some states.

Tom Krazit, IDG News Service
Tuesday, November 04, 2003
It's Election Day in the U.S., although in an odd-numbered year, many contests are local city council affairs that don't capture national attention. But some localities are experimenting with electronic voting machines for the first time, hoping to roll out the technology in time for next year's highly anticipated presidential election.

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,113284,00.asp

Vote early, and often, but save a copy
IDG News Service 11/4/03

Tom Krazit, IDG News Service, Boston Bureau
Tuesday is Election Day in the U.S., although in an odd-numbered year, most of the contests are local city council affairs that don't capture national attention. But some U.S. localities are experimenting with electronic voting machines for the first time, in hopes of rolling the technology out in time for next year's highly anticipated presidential election.

http://www.itworld.com/Tech/2987/031104vote/

E-voting is too important to leave to politicians Rupert Goodwins
ZDNet UK
November 05, 2003, 14:55 GMT

Talking about elections when none are due is like watching a Christmas TV advert in August. Yet things are stirring in the dust-dry world of political ballots, and the outcome will affect us all.

In the US, electronic voting machine company Diebold is at the heart of a growing controversy. A large cache of documents and code, apparently covering the development of its voting systems, has found its way onto various Web sites. Diebold is trying to get them removed under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. In turn, the Electronic Freedom Foundation is supporting a move to protect the publication of the documents, saying that as the files apparently show irregularities in both process and programming, it's in the public interest that they be openly debated

http://comment.zdnet.co.uk/rupertgoodwins/0,39020691,39117632,00.htm