Hacking Democracy, Obama?

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"This documentary exposes the vulnerability of computers - which count approximately 80% of America's votes in county, state and federal ... all » elections - suggesting that if our votes aren't safe, then our democracy isn't safe either"

Hacking Democracy

There was alot of digg stories on this and decided to check it out, pretty interesting.

This was on HBO.

Makes me wonder after new hampshire with the hillary and obama thing.

I try to keep a open mind.
 
...interesting, although I would have to say that the idea that democracy is in dire straits because computers are vulnerable is no more plausible than the idea that democracy was in danger because of vote counters before computers were used. Although I might be wrong, of course...
 
Obama wants open source voting machines. This will help with hacking since security holes will be plugged more quickly. It'll also prevent rigging since the source code will be publicly available, and it's very easy to see if the software on the voting machines matches the publicly available code.

But even without open-source voting software, you could prevent people other than voting machine companies and other insiders from rigging elections.
 
I bet Ron Paul really DID win!
 
Honestly, what's the difference between an electronic voting machine with no paper trail and a manual lever voting machine with no paper trail? It is actually extremely difficult to 'hack' a properly set up voting machine, to my knowledge nobody has ever done it without several months alone with an outdated machine.
 
Obama wants open source voting machines. This will help with hacking since security holes will be plugged more quickly. It'll also prevent rigging since the source code will be publicly available, and it's very easy to see if the software on the voting machines matches the publicly available code.

What doesn't Linux solve? ;)
 
"This documentary exposes the vulnerability of computers - which count approximately 80% of America's votes in county, state and federal ... all » elections - suggesting that if our votes aren't safe, then our democracy isn't safe either"

Hacking Democracy

There was alot of digg stories on this and decided to check it out, pretty interesting.

This was on HBO.

Makes me wonder after new hampshire with the hillary and obama thing.

I try to keep a open mind.

Even as an Obama supporter HIllary led in exit polls. Had a similar margin to the polls been shown in exit polls I would feel differently.
 
Kucinich asks for New Hampshire recount in the interest of election integrity

DETROIT, MI – Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, the most outspoken advocate in the Presidential field and in Congress for election integrity, paper-ballot elections, and campaign finance reform, has sent a letter to the New Hampshire Secretary of State asking for a recount of Tuesday’s election because of “unexplained disparities between hand-counted ballots and machine-counted ballots.”


“I am not making this request in the expectation that a recount will significantly affect the number of votes that were cast on my behalf,” Kucinich stressed in a letter to Secretary of State William M. Gardner. But, “Serious and credible reports, allegations, and rumors have surfaced in the past few days…It is imperative that these questions be addressed in the interest of public confidence in the integrity of the election process and the election machinery – not just in New Hampshire, but in every other state that conducts a primary election.”

Also, the reports, allegations, and rumors regarding possible vote-count irregularities have been further fueled by the stunning disparities between various “independent” pre-election polls and the actual election results," Kucinich wrote. "The integrity, credibility, and value of independent polling are separate issues, but they appear to be relevant in the context of New Hampshire’s votes."

He added, “Ever since the 2000 election – and even before – the American people have been losing faith in the belief that their votes were actually counted. This recount isn’t about who won 39% of 36% or even 1%. It’s about establishing whether 100% of the voters had 100% of their votes counted exactly the way they cast them.”

Kucinich, who drew about 1.4% of the New Hampshire Democratic primary vote, wrote, “This is not about my candidacy or any other individual candidacy. It is about the integrity of the election process.” No other Democratic candidate, he noted, has stepped forward to question or pursue the claims being made.

“New Hampshire is in the unique position to address – and, if so determined, rectify – these issues before they escalate into a massive, nationwide suspicion of the process by which Americans elect their President. Based on the controversies surrounding the Presidential elections in 2004 and 2000, New Hampshire is in a prime position to investigate possible irregularities and to issue findings for the benefit of the entire nation,” Kucinich wrote in his letter.

“Without an official recount, the voters of New Hampshire and the rest of the nation will never know whether there are flaws in our electoral system that need to be identified and addressed at this relatively early point in the Presidential nominating process,” said Kucinich, who is campaigning in Michigan this week in advance of next Tuesday’s Presidential primary in that state.

http://www.dennis4president.com/go/...ecount-in-the-interest-of-election-integrity/
 
Good for Kucinech.
 
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