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Exclusive: A laboratory shows how an e-voting machine used by a third of all voters can be easily manipulated by Salon.com

Exclusive: A laboratory shows how an e-voting machine used by a third of all voters can be easily manipulated. It could be one of the most disturbing e-voting machine hacks to date. Voting machines used by as many as a quarter of American voters heading to the polls in 2012 can be hacked with just $10.50 in parts and an 8th grade science education, according to computer science and security experts at the Vulnerability Assessment Team at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. The experts say the newly developed hack could change voting results while leaving absolutely no trace of the manipulation behind. 'We believe these man-in-the-middle attacks are potentially possible on a wide variety of electronic voting machines,' said Roger Johnston, leader of the assessment team 'We think we can do similar things on pretty much every electronic voting machine.'

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VOTING MACHINES by greenriverkate on Wednesday, Sep 28, 2011 at 2:46:15 PM

Absentee voting is the original faith based method of voting by Mark Adams JD/MBA on Wednesday, Sep 28, 2011 at 10:28:02 PM

Scary by Amy Fried, Ph.D. on Wednesday, Sep 28, 2011 at 2:50:15 PM

Which ones? by Dawn Owens on Wednesday, Sep 28, 2011 at 8:39:35 PM

I get the feeling... by Roberta Seldon on Thursday, Sep 29, 2011 at 9:28:35 AM

Let's see by Steven G. Erickson on Wednesday, Sep 28, 2011 at 2:53:19 PM

Sale Your Soul or Submit to Coersion or be Assassinated? by Hubert Steed on Thursday, Sep 29, 2011 at 4:23:29 AM

Electronic Voting Machines-The Flaws Are Nothing New! by Jillian Barclay on Wednesday, Sep 28, 2011 at 3:13:41 PM

Agree, but.... by Amy Fried, Ph.D. on Wednesday, Sep 28, 2011 at 3:20:53 PM

Important distinction! by Amanda Lang on Wednesday, Sep 28, 2011 at 3:43:42 PM

Do right-wing Republicans own both Diebold and Sequoia? by eric stone on Thursday, Sep 29, 2011 at 8:40:51 AM

Read blackboxvoting.org and get the WHOLE scoop by Jill Herendeen on Thursday, Sep 29, 2011 at 9:49:21 AM

THIS IS GREAT NEWS! by Lester Shepherd on Wednesday, Sep 28, 2011 at 3:56:32 PM

Tweet: Ramp up voting machine security! by Susan Strong on Wednesday, Sep 28, 2011 at 4:10:48 PM

No one can see a computer count, and therefore, by Mark Adams JD/MBA on Wednesday, Sep 28, 2011 at 10:38:47 PM

There is NO SUCH THING as an un-hackable computer. Ask by Jill Herendeen on Thursday, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:07:24 AM

Voter fraud made easy by Dave Kisor on Wednesday, Sep 28, 2011 at 5:19:11 PM

Dave, you get a receipt from an ATM and a cash register. by Mark Adams JD/MBA on Wednesday, Sep 28, 2011 at 10:46:58 PM

With all we have to worry about by Michael Shaw on Wednesday, Sep 28, 2011 at 5:30:59 PM

I'm getting really weary . . . by larry payne on Wednesday, Sep 28, 2011 at 6:32:42 PM

EXACTLY!!!! There's NO ACCIDENT involved here! Nor are the by Jill Herendeen on Thursday, Sep 29, 2011 at 7:17:26 AM

Check Your County by Vernon Huffman on Wednesday, Sep 28, 2011 at 6:42:08 PM

The requisite Joseph Stalin quote by Stephen Hansen on Thursday, Sep 29, 2011 at 2:08:27 AM

Elections are part of showbusiness by John Smith on Thursday, Sep 29, 2011 at 9:15:45 AM

Direct Popular Election of the President would: by John Smith on Thursday, Sep 29, 2011 at 9:26:06 AM

WHY did US Dept of Energy do a study on hackability anyway? by Jill Herendeen on Thursday, Sep 29, 2011 at 10:50:15 AM

To be fair.... by Gary Williams on Thursday, Sep 29, 2011 at 4:36:22 PM

Um...how does that NOT make this a misinformation campaign? by Jill Herendeen on Friday, Sep 30, 2011 at 6:34:32 AM

Wolfowitz to Bush Doctrine in 10 years by Gary Williams on Thursday, Sep 29, 2011 at 2:04:15 PM