Microsoft, in partnership with Rock the Vote, announced this morning that Xbox 360 owners will be able to “register to vote, participate in presidential polls and voice their opinions to the presidential candidates.” It will all go through Xbox LIVE. The fun starts Monday, August 25, the first day of the Democratic National Convention.
While we’re […]
According to the poll we had running in the side bar, all of you think that electronic voting is an improvement over paper ballots.
To be honest, I’m kind of surprised. Yes, I think that electronic voting is a major improvement over counting ballots by hand — or even having to run them through an […]
Ohio’s Secretary of State, Jennifer Brenner, is taking Premier Election Solutions (previously known as Diebold) to court. She’s suing the firm, seeking unspecified damages for breach of contract and fraud.
According to the suit, Premier provided faulty software that caused 11 counties to lose votes. Premier was also already involved in a legal suit with one […]
One of the key problems with electronic voting seems to be the feeling that most voters have no idea how the machines work — if they’re easy to tamper with or could break down at any time. Voting machines, or at least their software, is proprietary — the companies keep it secret so that no […]
On Sunday, the New York Times ran a massive article covering the issues with electronic voting machines. The online version stretches over 10 pages, so let me provide a short summary before starting in on my response.
Electronic voting machines routinely have problems with the following:
server crashes
software interactions (most run custom software on top of a […]
Voting is a complicated thing. After you manage to make it to the voting booth, you may be faced with any of several types of voting machines, each with a range of possible ballot designs. It can create an awful lot of confusion. The new electronic voting machines have been praised by many, criticized by […]
As of December 17, Mike Coffman, the head honcho of Colorado elections — his business cards say ‘Secretary of State’ — has decertified the electronic voting machines used in the majority of the state, citing a very long list of security concerns. This comes on the heels of Ohio’s Secretary of State releasing a study […]
Because politics is big business.
Written by Madeline Martin [email], and Thursday Bram [email] for b5media.
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