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E-Voting Machine Manufacturer Admits Security Flaws

As reported in today’s Oakland Tribune (this article will be available free for 14 days after publication), executives of e-voting machine manufacturer Diebold admitted to, and apologized for, security flaws in products sold to the state of California that resulted in the disenfranchisement of voters in the March 2 election.

  • See also the Open Voting Consortium, who “are currently developing a prototype version of free voting software to run on very inexpensive PC hardware. OVC voting systems will accommodate different languages and scoring methods, as well as voters with special needs, [Slashdot] and Wired News: Diebold Machine May Get Boot.
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