Wednesday, September 01, 2004
Steal This Election -- is this Diebold's smoking gun?
Bev Harris at Black Box Voting writes:
Wow.
The Diebold GEMS central tabulator contains a stunning security hole
Manipulation technique found in the Diebold central tabulator -- 1,000 of these systems are in place, and they count up to two million votes at a time.
By entering a 2-digit code in a hidden location, a second set of votes is created. This set of votes can be changed, so that it no longer matches the correct votes. The voting system will then read the totals from the bogus vote set. It takes only seconds to change the votes, and to date not a single location in the U.S. has implemented security measures to fully mitigate the risks.
This program is not "stupidity" or sloppiness. It was designed and tested over a series of a dozen version adjustments.
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The central tabulator is far more vulnerable than the touch screen terminals. Think about it: If you were going to tamper with an election, would you rather tamper with 4,500 individual voting machines, or with just one machine, the central tabulator which receives votes from all the machines? Of course, the central tabulator is the most desirable target.
Comments:
What's the BIG deal?
I mean, if Jimmy Carter can certify the most recent use of these machines in a national election? What do we have to fear?
tic.
Look, Democrats have to start now and prepare themselves for the inevitable, ie. W's reelection. Starting next week the Media will decide its time to turn on Kerry and this whole charade will be over, and most importantly we can all go back to our day jobs.
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I mean, if Jimmy Carter can certify the most recent use of these machines in a national election? What do we have to fear?
tic.
Look, Democrats have to start now and prepare themselves for the inevitable, ie. W's reelection. Starting next week the Media will decide its time to turn on Kerry and this whole charade will be over, and most importantly we can all go back to our day jobs.
