Report: Diebold Voting System Has 'Delete' Button for Erasing Audit Logs

Wired by Kim Zetter | Mar. 3, 2009 (News Report)

But the most startling information in the state's 13-page report (.pdf) is not about why the system lost votes, which Threat Level previously covered in detail, but that some versions of Diebold's vote tabulation system, known as the Global Election Management System (GEMS), include a button that allows someone to delete audit logs from the system. Full Story »

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Topics: Election Reform
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Posted by: Posted by Mike LaBonte - Mar 4, 2009 - 11:07 AM PST
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Edited by: Mike LaBonte - Mar 4, 2009 - 11:07 AM PST

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Mike LaBonte
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 by Mike LaBonte - Mar. 4, 2009

This report gives lots of detail, right down to a screenshot. Investigating the lab that certified the system and the EAC shows due diligence.

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Patricia Blochowiak
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 by Patricia Blochowiak - Mar. 4, 2009

Not surprising that Diebold wouldn't comment.

Here in NE Ohio, many of us consider the mention of that company obscene.

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