Electronic Voting: Hacked?

I suppose if security holes were dealt with however, it would be a substantially better system. I think paper is probably more expensive than the machines, and probably more open to fraud. With the nation paying attention to such security holes, maybe there will be enough of an attempt made at fixing the holes.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

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It's not. The article specifies how they can do it, by using a kind of memory card that is uploaded into the machine. The problem is that the memory card, without having been overseen by the government, could be tampered with at many points along the way before it reaches the machine itself.

Add to that the ease of gaining access to the machine (many of them use locks for which multi-purpose keys are available...desk drawers, minibar locks, etc.) and it's just a lot of unnecessary risks they're taking for "ease of use."

Check out the article if you want more specifics, because I can't remember offhand.

Those are two issues though that can be corrected relatively easily. For the memory cards, take greater precautions and use a proprietary format to prevent tampering, as for the locks, have the state store them in its storage facilities that are more secure.

If those are serious issues, then I'd dare say our government is horrendously inept at taking such basic precautions to ensure a fair vote.

There's nowhere I can't reach.