Electronic Voting "And how many failures weren't caught? Internal e-mail from Diebold, the most prominent maker of electronic voting machines (though not those in the Florida and Virginia debacles), reveals that programmers were frantic over the system's unreliability. One reads, "I have been waiting for someone to give me an explanation as to why Precinct 216 gave Al Gore a minus 16022 when it was uploaded." Another reads, "For a demonstration I suggest you fake it." Computer experts say that software at Diebold and other manufacturers is full of security flaws, which would easily allow an insider to rig an election. But the people at voting machine companies wouldn't do that, would they? Let's ask Jeffrey Dean, a programmer who was senior vice president of a voting machine company, Global Election Systems, before Diebold acquired it in 2002. Bev Harris, author of "Black Box Voting" (www.blackboxvoting.com), told The A.P. that Mr. Dean, before taking that job, spent time in a Washington correctional facility for stealing money and tampering with computer files. Questionable programmers aside, even a cursory look at the behavior of the major voting machine companies reveals systematic flouting of the rules intended to ensure voting security. Software was modified without government oversight; machine components were replaced without being rechecked. And here's the crucial point: even if there are strong reasons to suspect that electronic machines miscounted votes, nothing can be done about it. There is no paper trail; there is nothing to recount." http://www.nytimes.com/auth/login?U...xnnlxQ3D1074866855Q2DK7NL4EiIpnLK1WQ2BAJjHMkg
why would you want to do that? and ofcource NO paper trail... dooohhhh like we didn't expect it. with few mill bribing errrr persuasion you get the hacking done for you. Result? A guaranteed win, a blank check and unlimited access to US treasury. Turning few million of "persuasion money" into trillions of loot HEY NOT BAD.... NOT BAD AT ALL.. :eek: Did you catch McCain on CNBC this am: government corruption has reached unprecedented levels. 10 years ago we had maybe a couple "pork barrel project" per each spending bill. TRY over 7.5 THOUSAND such "projects" on just the latest one:eek: :eek: