Diebold's electronic voting machines do not give receipts and the machines connect to a central server. With no paper trail and no ability to presume the machines can be imune from hacker or government interference. At a meeting with George W Bush fans the president of Diebold is reported to have said he would give Mr Bush the presidency.
Freepress (2004) Sworn testimony from election observers in Lucas County and Hocking County revealed that technicians from the Diebold and Triad companies had inexplicably taken control of voting machines and dismantled them, rendering verifiable recounts impossible.
Miami Herald:
Florida Voting Machines Can Be Hacked
The study by Florida State University found that, despite recent software fixes, an "adversary" could use a pre-programmed computer card to swap one candidate's votes for another or create a "ballot-stuffing attack" that multiplies votes for a candidate or issue.
Electronic voting machines like this one leave no paper trail and have a handy infra-red port to their internal processor.
Pencil and paper voting still the safest
Diebold AccuVote TS electronic voting machines have an infrared (IrDA) port installed. This is a remote communication port through which another remote device could communicate with the touch screen and change either its data or its software or both.
Open your eyes, this is the thin edge of the wedge?
Blind and vision impaired voters in Adelaide will have the chance to trial electronically assisted voting machines when they go to the polls at this year's Federal Election. The Australian Electoral Commission will trial the machines in 29 locations around the country, including in the SA seats of Sturt, Kingston and Adelaide. The system aims to help vision impaired people cast a secret ballot, without help from friends, family or official
HISTORY ...
News site mysteriously shut down after Diebold-US election criticism
California to sue Diebold over false claims
Installation of touch-screen voting systems that were not tested or approved nationally or in California.
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