Hacking Democracy

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For thoses who care http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8367786376074634512&q=hacking+democracy&hl=en

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Cheating possible on vote machine
Pushing yellow button on device could reset machine, let someone cast ballot multiple times

Days before the election, state officials have learned that California's most widely used electronic voting machines feature a button in back that can allow someone to vote multiple times.
Several computer scientists said Wednesday that the vulnerability found in all touch-screen machines sold by Oakland-based Sequoia Voting Systems was not especially great because using the yellow button for vote fraud would require reaching far behind the voting machine twice and triggering two beeps.


http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_4590136?source=email

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"Microsoft has admitted that the Windows operating system in use in Maryland's Diebold voting systems are subject to at least 75,000 known exploits," Spoonamore told us. "The unredacted version [of the SAIC report] reveals that none of them have been defended against in these Diebold machines http://www.bradblog.com/?p=3730

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http://www.pollingreport.com/