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The American public has absolutely no way of knowing if the voting machines are doing anything that even slightly resembles counting the number of votes for each candidate.
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When votes don't countby Madeline Zane, Unknown News
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Nov. 3, 2003
The touch-screen electronic voting machines that will soon be coming to absolutely everyone's neighborhood (thanks to the Help America Vote Act) have tons of problems. The software that these voting machines use is buggy and easy to hack. And the courts have ruled that the companies that make the software are not required to share the code with the public, which means that the American public has absolutely no way of knowing if the voting machines are doing anything that even slightly resembles counting the number of votes for each candidate.
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As an extra bonus for you conspiracy fans out there, all the companies developing the electronic voting systems are owned by hard-core Republican activists.
In an attempt to keep these machines from being a completely mysterious black box, a movement is on to require these electronic voting machines to produce a paper receipt or record that can be counted by hand later in case of disputes. Representative Rush Holt of New Jersey has proposed a bill, HR 2239, the Voter Confidence Act, which would require computer voting machines to produce a paper trail.
What is your Representative's position on HR 2239?
Find out.
Want to get involved in the paper-trail movement?
Get off your duff. :)
The Campaign for Verifiable Voting is based in Maryland (which has led the way in buying the faulty machines), but has links to lots of source material, news articles, and advocacy groups that are relevant nationwide.
How the new voting technology increases the likelihood of voter fraud
by Steven Levy, NewsweekIn the past few months, the computer- security community has been increasingly vocal on the problems of DRE terminals. “I think the risk [of a stolen election] is extremely high,” says David Dill, a Stanford computer scientist. The devices are certified, scientists say, but the process focuses more on making sure that the machines don’t break down than on testing computer code for Trojan horses and susceptibility to tampering.
© 2003, by the author.
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