Saturday, December 20, 2003

Wired News: E-Voting Undermined by Sloppiness

Secretary of State (from California) Kevin Shelly says,
with regards to the fact that Diebold Voting Systems, loaded uncertified software in all 17 of Califonia's counties for the election which placed Schwarzenegger in the governor's office:


"The core of our American democracy is the right to vote," Shelley said. "Implicit in that right is the notion that that vote be private, that vote be secure, and that vote be counted as it was intended when it was cast by the voter. And I think what we're encountering is a pivotal moment in our democracy where all of that is being called into question."


See the Wired article here (Thanks to Steve who saw this first).

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