Diebold Study Break

Recent Stuff

 * How to steal an election by hacking the vote - This Ars Technica article by Jon Stokes provides an excellent summary, with citations, of the many vulnerabilities in electronic voting, with a particular focus on Diebold's machines.


 * Security Analysis of the Diebold AccuVote-TS Voting Machine - This is the analysis that was recently done by Ariel J. Feldman, J. Alex Halderman, and Edward W. Felten at Princetion. The link includes an abstract, an FAQ, a video, a response to Diebold's response, and, ostensibly, the paper itself.


 * How To Steal an Election - Illuminating graphic from the Washington Post demonstrating how Las Vegas voting machine are more secure than voting machines.


 * Election-theft Testimony - (video) Computer programmer Clinton Eugene Curtis testifies under oath before the U.S. House Judiciary Members in Ohio (back in 2004).


 * Was the 2004 Election Stolen? - "Republicans prevented more than 350,000 voters in Ohio from casting ballots or having their votes counted -- enough to have put John Kerry in the White House." (Rolling Stone)


 * Will The Next Election Be Hacked? - "Fresh disasters at the polls -- and new evidence from an industry insider -- prove that electronic voting machines can't be trusted" (Rolling Stone)


 * Diebold voting machine failures strike again in Alaska - Plagued by hardware defects, security vulnerabilities, and rapidly diminishing credibility, voting machine manufacturer Diebold has been dealt yet another setback as Alaskan state elections are hampered by problems with the company's products. Assorted issues with voting machines in seven precincts forced some election officials to manually count and upload votes (more here and here).


 * How to Hack a Diebold Voting Machine - Short, darkly humorous video.


 * My day at the polls - Maryland primary '06 - Blog entry from an election judge and professor of CS at Johns Hopkins

Older Stuff

 * Hack the Vote 2004 - "In November's presidential election, electronic voting machines received their biggest test ever. But were they up to the task?"


 * State bans electronic balloting in 4 counties, Touch-screen firm accused of 'reprehensible,' illegal conduct - California bans the use of Diebold AcuVote-TSx voting machines in the November 2004 elections, and later sued.


 * Volusia County (FL) joins Leon in dumping Diebold - Due to contractual non-performance and security design issues, Leon County (Florida) supervisor of elections Ion Sancho has announced that he will never again use Diebold in an election. (2005)

General E-voting Resources

 * Verified Voting Foundation - The Verified Voting Foundation champions reliable and publicly verifiable elections in the United States.


 * Black Box Voting - Black Box Voting is a national nonprofit, nonpartisan elections watchdog group. (Note the press kit.)


 * Open Voting Foundation - "The primary objectives and purposes of this organization shall be: to educate the public and governmental officials and entities concerning elections systems based upon open source software, and further to promote the adoption of open source voting and elections solutions worldwide."


 * Open Voting Consortium - The Open Voting Consortium has crafted a comprehensive solution to make U.S. elections open and transparent.


 * VoteTrustUSA - A national network of state-based organizations working for secure, accurate and transparent elections.


 * 20 Amazing Facts You Didn't Know About Voting in America - Can be easily fact-checked for the study break.