"Premier Election Solutions, formerly called Diebold Election Systems, has finally admitted that a ten-year-old error has caused votes to be dropped.
It's unclear if this error is random or systematic. If it's random -- a small percentage of all votes are dropped -- then it is highly unlikely that this affected the outcome of any election. If it's systematic -- a small percentage of votes for a particular candidate are dropped -- then it is much more problematic.
Ohio is trying to sue.
In other news, election officials sometimes take voting machines home for the night.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/26/...
http://www.engadget.com/2008/08/23/...
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/08/...
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/election2008/story/...
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/...
My 2004 essay on election technology:
http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0411.html#1"
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