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Feds want e-voting source code disclosed

Stay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest e-newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!By Declan McCullagh CNET News.comHUNT VALLEY, Md.--Electronic voting machine vendors should make their source code available for scrutiny by state elections officials, the head of a...

Tags: e-voting, source code

Technical articles 2004-06-09

Additional Resources

The big election beta test

Hello? ACM has been against e-voting!Electronic voting is a disaster in the making. The Association for Computing Machinery has written its own report and also canvassed members (like me) and concluded that electronic-only voting is not a trustworthy way to run a democracy.Amen!Amen! No paper trail means...

Tags: Amen, AWolfe_II, e-voting

Discussion threads 2004-11-01

Photos: E-voting gets touchy

New electronic voting systems use touch screens and other tech tricks to mark and record ballots.

Tags: ballot, e-voting, photograph, touch screen

Image galleries 2006-06-08

Lessons and Trends in E-Voting: Initiatives in the US and Abroad

America is not the only nation developing and using new voting technologies. Around the world, many nations are moving toward more advanced electronic voting systems. The goal of these reforms or voting techniques varies from nation to nation. Some nations are attempting to increase turnout in elections, others seek to...

Tags: Nation, Goal, E-voting, Productivity, Government

White papers 2005-09-01

Report: Paperless e-voting is not secure

Once again, the obvious is ignored.I find it ironic that, in the midst of all this hoopla over the problems of voting machine technologies under current plans, everybody seems to be ignoring the important fact of auditable source code. I don't mean

Tags: apotheon, source code

Discussion threads 2006-12-04

Does e-voting need paper trails?

Correct link to the image galleryE-voting paper trails, state by statehttp://news.com.com/2300-1028-6130921-1.htmlYes Yes YesWe definitely need a paper trail for recounts and spot checks on the electronic systems. I have been following

Tags: Sonja Thompson, arrow, Yes

Discussion threads 2006-10-31

Diebold voting machines open to virus attack

It appears that the Diebold voting machines are coming under even more scrutiny, and the results are damning. This time round, the scrutiny is coming from the University of California at Berkeley as part of a "top-to-bottom" review of electronic voting systems commissioned by the California Secretary...

Tags: Virus Attack, Diebold Inc., Virus, Machine, Cyberthreats, E-voting, Viruses And Worms, Security, Government, Paul Mah

Blog posts 2007-08-04

DZone Voting (9)

Dramatically simplifies voting at DZone. Provides an unobtrusive voting widget on any link you visit from DZone. The DZone Voting add-on also makes it easy to submit links into the DZone queue, visit a random Surprise me link, and control how link and submission pages open in your bowser. Just...

Tags: Link

Software downloads 2008-01-22

E-voting glitches disrupt election day

Concerns surface surrounding e-voting machinesProblems blamed on human error or computer malfunctions caused some precincts to resort temporarily to paper ballots in Tuesday's closely watched election.See the photo gallery: E-voting in the midte

Tags: news, networking, security, feedback, e-voting, Sonja Thompson, ballot, paper ballot

Discussion threads 2006-11-08

Sober warnings about e-voting systems

Software version control for e-votingElectronic voting makes me very nervous. At the very least there should be strict control of the software/firmware versions of all computing equipment used in the voting chain. I think the source code used to create the software for all of the equipment should be available...

Tags: software, source code, e-voting

Discussion threads 2006-08-17

LJ Icontest Voting Results (widget)

LJ Icontest Voting Results pulls back posts from a LiveJournal Icontest community and finds the latest poll. It then loads the poll results and figures the total points for each icon, arranges, and displays the icons in order of current place. LJ Icontest Voting Results provides refresh functionality with a...

Tags: Poll, LJ Icontest Voting Results

Software downloads 2007-07-09

Photos: E-voting in the midterm elections

Voting machines from Diebold and others are on duty at polling places across the country.

Tags: Diebold Inc., e-voting, photograph

Image galleries 2006-11-07

Estonia considering m-voting for elections

What potentials problems do you foresee with m-voting?

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Discussion threads 2007-09-30

Election debacle: How could technology help?

Can technology ensure the recent ballot fiasco doesn't happen again? Share your thoughts on how technology could help by joining our discussion.While last week’s election debacle left the country wondering who won, I couldn’t shake another, and in my mind, more important question: Why are we filling in circles and...

Tags: Loraine Lawson, e-voting, election debacle

Technical articles 2000-11-13

Investors and market vote no on Diebold

Diebold can't unload its troubled e-voting unit, reports the Associated Press. So, on the heels of California decertifying the use of e-voting for its February primaries, the embattled e-voting developer is turning lemons into lemonade. It is spinning that division off into a new brand, Premier Election Systems, which...

Tags: Diebold Inc., Investor, E-voting, Government, John Bartley K7AAY

Blog posts 2007-08-21

Electoral Commission Eyes Open Source Voting

If bringing total democracy to electronic voting can only happen via software source code that can be viewed by all, the Australian Electoral Commission is happy to oblige with its next-generation election application. The idea of publicly available source code for any software involved in government elections has been argued...

Tags: Software, Commission, International Data Group, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Management

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E-voting critic calls on hackers to expose flaws

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Tags: Nerd news site, IBM Corp., e-voting, Rebecca Mercuri, machine maker, e-voting critic, hacker, security

Technical articles 2004-07-30

Politicians call for e-voting paper trails by '08 election

Paper records to verify e-votingTroubled by irregularities, an urgent push is under way by congressional Democrats to enact federal legislation that would require paper trails to accompany all electronic voting machines in time for the 2008 presidential election.What is your opinion concerning voter-verifiable paper records of all ballots cast?Stay on...

Tags: e-voting, legislation, networking, news, paper records, politics, receipt, software, Sonja Thompson

Discussion threads 2007-02-08

Quantum cryptography to be used in Switzerland elections

Do you think the above use of quantum cryptography is an overkill?The sooner the betterOur electronic voting systems are in dire need of advanced cryptography - so the sooner we can install and use the better free nations will be

Tags: Digital security, paulmah@..., cryptography, Quantum Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-10-11

E-voting: Can it be trusted?

I can trust e-voting if..I can trust e-voting if they use a secured site, try not to use Windows OS, and I can go back in after voting to verify that it took my vote properly and to print off a copy if I choose to. I use e-voting...

Tags: Diebold Inc., e-voting, password, voter number, wrlang@...

Discussion threads 2004-11-02