Printer fails to satisfy e-voting activists

Better software, more openness needed, scientists say

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Critics of Diebold, which is based in North Canton, Ohio, say the AccuView Printer Module is a step in the right direction but does not address the potential for buggy software or malfunctioning hardware that could misrecord votes or expose voting systems to hackers, deletions or other disasters.

The printers are valuable only to the extent that counties use them, and critics worry that county elections officials with tight budgets may not opt for them.

Computer scientists are also concerned that the handful of private laboratories licensed to certify voting equipment, including the printer module, still operate in secret and without any federal guidelines.
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“I’d say a Diebold machine with a paper trail is better than a Diebold machine without a paper trail, but that’s as positive I can be about it,” Rubin said.

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all of these things fail....

concerned. This is the basis for our democracy, voting! OMG..it is so sad.