Voting Again
Published 11/15/03
Filed under: Miscellaneous
According to Reason Online, “A joint report, released this summer, by researchers at Rice and Johns Hopkins universities, found that the system developed by e-voting manufacturer Diebold “is far below even the most minimal security standards applicable in other contexts.”
You can download that report here (PDF).
Don’t want to bother? Here’s the important part, from the conclusion:
We found significant security flaws: voters can trivially cast multiple ballots with no built-in traceability, administrative functions can be performed by regular voters, and the threats posed by insiders such as poll workers, software developers, and even janitors, is even greater. Based on our analysis of the development environment, including change logs and comments, we believe that an appropriate level of programming discipline for a project such as this was not maintained. In fact, there appears to have been little quality
control in the process.
control in the process.
Is it time to worry now?
