Colorado Decertifies E-voting Machines 169
mamer-retrogamer writes "On December 17, Colorado Secretary of State Mike Coffman decertified election equipment used by 64 Colorado counties, including machines made by Premier Election Solutions, formerly known as Diebold Election Systems. A report issued by the Secretary of State's office details a myriad of problems such as lack of password protection on the systems, controls that could give voters unauthorized access, and the absence of any way to track or detect security violations. Manufacturers have 30 days to appeal the decertification."
skynet wants to vote (Score:5, Funny)
Bad move. Everyone knows that lack of suffrage for machines is one of the catalysts of the machine uprising.
Was this decision the result of a vote? (Score:5, Funny)
The result was 79-4 for decertification, motion carried
Re:Diebold's former names (Score:2, Funny)
Re:In Related News... (Score:3, Funny)
Monica is a turncoat, too?
Re:Obligatory replacement criteria (Score:2, Funny)
(1) Closed electronic voting systems that suffer from numerous problems, such as lack of accountability. No way to tell if the company producing the systems and collecting the data was paid to alter the results.
(2) Pen and paper voting systems that suffer from numerous problems, such as lack of accountability. No way to tell if the guys collecting and tabulating the ballots were paid to alter the results.
Sucks.
Re:How about this for a voting system? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Obligatory replacement criteria (Score:2, Funny)
For each candidate, get a large sack that is heavy enough that it requires exactly half of the electorate to lift it.
Tie a big, long rope around the sack, and hang the rope from a pulley.
Put an extension on this rope around a second pulley, and tie the other end of it around the candidate's neck.
Then let the electors loose. Politicians will be *highly motivated* to not piss off more than half of the electorate. Whichever candidate survives gets to run the government. Instant results, no counting required. Problem solved.
And if no candidate wins the confidence of a majority of voters, or if they all step aside before the vote, then there will be no politicians left to run the government. Problem also solved.
- RG>