From
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/09/15/electronic.voting.ap/index.html or http://makeashorterlink.com/?V559139E5
SAN JOSE, California (AP) -- The strange case of an election tally that appears
to have popped up on the Internet hours before polls closed is casting new
doubts about the trustworthiness of electronic voting machines.
During San Luis Obispo County's March 2002 primary, absentee vote tallies
were apparently sent to an Internet site operated by Diebold Election Systems
Inc., the maker of the voting machines used in the election.
At least that's what timestamps on digital records showed.
County election officials say the unexplained gaffe probably didn't influence
the vote, and Diebold executives -- who only recently acknowledged the
lapse -- say voters should have confidence in the election process.
Further evidence of problems
But computer programmers say the incident is further evidence that
electronic voting technology could allow a politically connected computer
hacker to monitor balloting and, if the vote was going the wrong way, mobilize
voters to swing the election.
"If you're at the state party headquarters and you know how the vote is
going in a county, you can allocate scarce resources to the county where
you're losing by a close margin," said Jim March, a computer system
administrator from Milpitas who examined ballot results that ended up on a
Diebold site without password protection. "This data is incredibly valuable to
a campaign manager."
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Reggie Bautista
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