Two counties in Florida have terminated their use of Diebold computerized voting equipment after computer experts showed that vote totals could be changed by a single individual in a way that would be undetectable later.
The county commission of Leon County, which includes Tallahassee, voted on Dec. 13 to scrap its Diebold equipment and switch to a different manufacturer, at an estimated cost of $1.3 million. Three days later, the county council of Volusia County (Daytona Beach) approved a similar change. The switch will cost that jurisdiction at least $2.5 million, county officials said.
These actions, and the events that led up to them, can teach us a great deal about our dependence on computer procedures that are developed by flawed human beings.
Via Buzzflash.
- Topic: News & Comment
- Topics: Elections
Ion Sancho is a hero, and has withstood overbearing pressure to ignore these problems. For more background on this story, http://www.pensitoreview.com/index.php?s=ion+sancho
Da “BIG GUYS” what owns King (aka:Baby ) George Bush and Company iz da ones what got Dibold ta do da dirty on ALL elections since SCOTUS crowned “Baby George” in December of 2000.Nobody knows how much they paid whom for THAT trick, and no body knows what they paid this set of crocks…and the “BIG BOYS” are gonna KEEP this lil kingdom comming for as long as they can….
BET ON IT!
This has nothing to do with computer programs developed by “flawed human beings.” Everything is developed by flawed human beings. The problem is poorly designed and badly tested computer programs…Even the great encrypticon program that is supposed to guarantee safe online transactions has been broken and shown to be flawed. We can’t rely on one thing, we need multiple checks and balances–but even that has been shown to be flawed as the checks go into Congresspeople’s pockets and the balances are reviewed before every vote.