They also found serious security vulnerabilities involving the magnetically switched bidirectional infrared (IrDA) port on the front of the machines and the memory devices that are used to communicate with the machine through the port. With nothing more than a magnet and an infrared-enabled Palm Pil...
Bob’s got it right about prohibiting party affiliation on the ballot. With electronic voting machines, the order of the candidates’ names can also be displayed randomly for each voter. This will even out the effect that uninformed voters cause in my county (i.e. they put an “X??? by...
Voting in the U.S. is conducted by the states – 50 states + DC + territories – Supervised generally by Secretaries of State – Delegated to 3170 counties • ~10,000 voting jurisdictions (cities, school boards, …) • ~200,000 precincts (avg. 60-70 per county) • > 1,400,...