[ale] OT: electronic voting info

[Kilroy, Chris]

the fact that the CEO of this company also is heavily involved in political fundraising for a specific candidate is very disturbing as well to me.

that's a pretty substantial conflict of interest.

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->From: tfreeman at intel.digichem.net [mailto:tfreeman at intel.digichem.net]
->Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 1:30 PM
->To: bob at verysecurelinux.com; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
->Subject: Re: [ale] OT: electronic voting info
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->I finally looked at the article linked below. The public is 
->being swindled 
->(IMHO) with promises of technology being a cure all for 
->social challenges. 
->What is being implemented isn't any better, and may well be 
->significantly 
->worse than practices past.
->
->How many people are going to notice the spin Dibold put on 
->things with 
->their statement to the effect that the whole country's voting 
->will be more 
->secure by making modifications to Maryland's equipment? 
->
->May I be completely discouraged for the rest of the 
->afternoon, or am I 
->supposed to be positive and find the opportunity hiding in 
->here somewhere?
->
->On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Transam wrote:
->
->> The Johns Hopkins report (with Johns Hopkins University 
->being in Maryland),
->> and the outrage it rightly generated caused Maryland's 
->Governor to order
->> an independent audit of the Diebold voting system:
->> 
->>      http://Security.ITtoolbox.com/news/dispnews.asp?i=101718&t=99
->> 
->> The audit found 328 security weaknesses, 26 of them critical.
->> 
->> The fixes will be applied only to the Maryland systems.
->> 
->> Bob Toxen
->> bob at verysecurelinux.com               [Please use for email to me]
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->> 
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->>    -- Bob Toxen 10/03/2002
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