By Rick Dawson and Loni Smith McKown
I-Team 8
An I-Team 8 investigation reveals recent changes in voting technology have raised the risk of fraud and miscounting. The investigation finds serious questions about security and troubling concerns on both how the technology is sold, and who is getting rich on public money. It’s an investigation into the heart and soul of our way of government: your ability to vote.
You can blame all of this on the fiasco of the 2000 presidential election. It prompted the most change since the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965. But after billions have been spent we have to ask: will your vote count?
The curtain is closing on the lever machines of yesterday, but new voting technology has new worries.
“It opens the possibility for a very quiet and subtle alteration of the vote nationally, by someone who wished to do that,” said Eugene Spafford, Purdue computer expert. That someone could be an insider or hacker who could electronically rig an election.
Another concern: testing of voting machines isn't tough enough and could miss problems. There's always the possibility of equipment failure.
http://www.wishtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1647886&nav=0Ra7JXq2I don't quite get it, this story appears to have been written before the election (see next to last paragraph in story, page 2). Yet, good stuff! Totally consistent with all we're saying! Maybe the two authors would be good people to target with updated BBV info?!
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