Tag Archives: electronic voting

Clip description: This is the Sequoia AVC Edge touch-screen DRE voting machine. In 2008, it was used in jurisdictions with almost 9 million voters. Alex Halderman and Ari Feldman replaced the voting software with Pac-Man. They did this in three afternoons, without breaking any tamper-evident seals. It would be easy to modify the software to steal votes, but that’s been …

The Electronic Defense Alliance has published a lengthy analysis comparing exit polls and the actual Prop 8 vote count in Los Angeles County, concluding that the results discrepancy “cannot be explained away by demographics or polling factors.” Although this exit poll analysis cannot provide conclusive proof of election fraud (because such proof would require access to memory cards and computer …

This fall NYC will become one of the last places in the country to finally update to a non-mechanical voting system. After years of delays and missteps, the city’s Board of Elections is expected to choose new electronic voting machines on Tuesday that will be rolled out in time for the September primary. In so doing, New York City will …

Funny. But also worrying.