A growing concern over the inadequacies of election equipment in the United States has recently been heightened by the problems of the 2000 Presidential election. Added to the mix is the election reform mandated by recent federal legislation attempting to address the concerns. The result is that many states are scurrying to replace their older equipment with new electronic voting computers.
Unfortunately, election technology has not advanced to the point where it can provide us with electronic systems that are reliable enough to trust with our democracy. In other words, we just aren’t there yet.
Here are the facts:
- Computer experts say today’s voting machines are prone to errors and vulnerable to fraud.
- Defective hardware and bugs in software could decide who wins an election.
- Even thorough testing can’t reveal malicious programs that could subvert an election.
- Many election officials don't realize the risks inherent in using electronic voting machines.
- Courts have ruled that secret software can be used to record and count our votes.
- Manual recounts will be impossible in districts that don’t allow voters to inspect a paper record of their votes.
Audio: Rockin' the Boat: Interview with Bob Kibrick, legislative analyst with VerifiedVoting.org
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irony..
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