Securing the Vote

The push has been on in the U.S. since the 2000 elections to replace old paper and punchcard ballots with electronic voting systems, but as the 2004 elections draw closer, serious questions are being raised about the security of the new systems, many of which include no paper trail and no way for voters to verify that their votes were recorded correctly.

It's interesting that, in many cases, it's those who make their livings working with computers who are most worried about the idea of voting by computer. On the other hand, maybe that's not strange at all. We've seen, time after time, just how easily electronic systems of all types can be compromised and how easily things can go wrong and results can be skewed even when there is no intentional breach of security.

http://www.computerworld.com/governmenttopics/government/story/0,10801,92995,00.html