We weren't paranoid. We were right.
After the 2004 election, a few people wanted to investigate allegations of tampering with the electronic voting machines, especially Diebold's. The response from Democrats and Republicans alike was, "Get over it. Bush won." Stories of precincts with more votes for Bush than registered voters were ignored. So were allegations of tampering with registration.
It turns out that the Diebold machines actually are vulnerable to hacking, and the results could be changed without any evidence of tampering. Diebold has informed states of a problem, but there is no fix for it.
According to Ion Sancho, Leon County, Florida's supervisor of elections, it is actually possible to have both an electronic vote and a paper trail with optical scanners. Sancho has devoted his career to making elections voter-friendly and accurate. Naturally, some of the Powers That Be in Florida's Bush administration don't like his stance on the Diebold machines. Read more about that here.
It turns out that the Diebold machines actually are vulnerable to hacking, and the results could be changed without any evidence of tampering. Diebold has informed states of a problem, but there is no fix for it.
According to Ion Sancho, Leon County, Florida's supervisor of elections, it is actually possible to have both an electronic vote and a paper trail with optical scanners. Sancho has devoted his career to making elections voter-friendly and accurate. Naturally, some of the Powers That Be in Florida's Bush administration don't like his stance on the Diebold machines. Read more about that here.
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