[lotuseclat79]

California Investigating Voting Machine’s Undetectable Vote-Delete Function

California is conducting a months-long investigation in the state’s electronic voting systems after reports of serious flaws — including registered users’ ability to delete votes without even leaving an electronic trail.

The investigation is examining how the system’s internal audit logs actually work and whether audit records can be easily altered or deleted, according to Secretary of State Debra Bowen.

-- Tom

[lotuseclat79]

Open Source Voting-System Code Ready for Public Review.

A group working to produce an open and transparent voting system to replace current proprietary systems has published its first batches of code for public review.

The Open Source Digital Voting Foundation (OSDV) announced the availability of source code for its prototype election system Wednesday night at a panel discussion that included Mitch Kapor, creator of Lotus 1-2-3 and co-founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation; California Secretary of State Debra Bowen; Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder Dean Logan; and Heather Smith, director of Rock the Vote.

-- Tom

[lotuseclat79]

In Industry First, Voting Machine Company to Publish Source Code.

Sequoia Voting Systems plans to publicly release the source code for its new optical scan voting system, the company announced Tuesday — a remarkable reversal for a voting machine maker long criticized for resisting public examination of its proprietary systems.

-- Tom

[lotuseclat79]

First Test for Election Cryptography (2 web pages).

Novel voting technology will be used in a local government election.

-- Tom

[lotuseclat79]

Cryptographic voting debuts.

A new system for ensuring accurate election tallies, which MIT researchers helped to develop, passed its first real-world test last Tuesday.

SIDEBAR: Detailed explanation of how the voting encryption system works.

-- Tom