Voting machine has hole, it's claimed

Found on The Inquirer on Tuesday, 31 August 2004
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According to pressure group Blackbox Voting, here, by entering a two digit code on the Diebold central tabulator a second set of votes is created. This set of votes can be changed, so that it no longer matches the correct votes, this web site alleges.

The voting system will then read the totals from the bogus vote set. It takes only seconds to change the votes, it's claimed.

There are more than a 1,000 Diebolds in place, and they count up to two million votes at a time. According to Blackbox not a single location in the US has implemented security measures to fully mitigate the risks.

The meeting was behind closed doors it seems. According to Black Box the undersecretary of state, Mark Kyle, left early, and one voting panel member, John Mott Smith, appeared to sleep through the entire thing.

The machine's manufacturer are aware of the claims. In fact they tried to slap a cease and desist order on the group in 2003 when it first approached them. However, despite the group offering to show the company how to fix the problem it has ignored them.

The new digital world makes everything easier, even changing votes. This is the next step after the last election, where people knew that votes were not correctly handled in Florida. This time, there will not even be a proof left.