Electronic voting machines are vulnerable to malicious attacks according to a research paper from Princeton. The machines the report speaks of are called AccuVote-TS Voting Machines and are made by Diebold Election Systems. CNET :
Authorities in some states have grown increasingly uncomfortable with e-voting security measures.One of the main worries appears to be the fact that anyone could get a hold of the machine's memory card which is removable.California, for example, found last year it could not certify Diebold's electronic voting systems results without adding federal review. Princeton's research found the AccuVote-TS, as well as a newer version of the machine, the TSx, are expected to be used in 357 counties, representing nearly 10 percent of registered voters.
It could only take a minute to place malicious code onto it and allow all hell to break loose. Viruses, as CNET notes, could potentially steal votes, and alter results in other ways. It's kind of a scary thought isn't it?
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