Computer Voting Machine Problems

After the "hanging chad" election disaster in Florida in 2000, the Supreme Court was needed to resolve a close and still-disputed presidential election. The U.S. Congress rapidly passed a law that required all elections to use electronic voting machines. As the systems were designed and purchased by communities across the nation, security experts were raising concerns over the reliability and security of these proprietary systems. In the election of 2004, the critics were proven correct in their concern that the voting computer systems were not well designed and were not secure. As we approach the election of 2008, these problems remain unresolved even though computer security experts long ago pointed out the problems and suggested reasonable solutions. Read a recent article on the problem at: http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/18/voting.problems/index.html?iref=werecommend. To see the problems yourself, check out this YouTube video by Princeton researcher posted in 2006: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZws98jw67g.