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January 3, 2007 at 08:12:44

Overview of Major Expert Studies on Voting Systems

by Rady Ananda     Page 1 of 7 page(s)

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Clearly, this overview can and should be expanded, given adequate funding.

Reports Reviewed:



1. Brennan Center, The Machinery of Democracy: Protecting Elections in an Electronic World,
2006 http://www.brennancenter.org/programs/downloads/Full%20Report.pdf

2. Compuware Corp. DRE Technical Security Assessment Report for Ohio, November 2003.
Congressional Research Service, Election Reform and Electronic Voting Systems (DREs): Analysis of Security Issues. (Order Code RL32139) November 4, 2003. click here

3. Congressional Research Service, Election Reform and Electronic Voting Systems (DREs): Analysis of Security Issues. (Order Code RL32139) November 4, 2003. click here

4. Election Science Institute, 2006, "DRE Analysis for May 2006 Primary Cuyahoga County, Ohio"
http://www.cuyahogacounty.us/bocc/GSC/pdf/esi_cuyahoga_final.pdf or see http://www.electionscience.org click on Cuyahoga County Report tab.

5. Princeton Study: Feldman, Ariel J., J.A. Halderman, and E.W. Felten, "Security Analysis of the Diebold AccuVote-TS Voting Machine," Center for Information Technology Policy and Dept. of Computer Science, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, 2006. http://itpolicy.princeton.edu/voting

6. Government Accountability Office, 2005, Elections: Federal Efforts to Improve Security and Reliability of Electronic Voting Systems Are Under Way, but Key Activities Need to Be Completed http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05956.pdf

7. Harry Hursti, Black Box Report Security Alert: July 4, 2005 Critical Security Issues with Diebold Optical Scan Design (1.94w), 2005, http://www.blackboxvoting.org/BBVtsxstudy.pdf

8. RABA Technologies LLC. Trusted Agent Report: Diebold AccuVote-TS Voting System (report prepared for Department of Legislative Services, Maryland General Assembly, Annapolis, Md., January 2004). http://www.raba.com/press/TA_Report_AccuVote.pdf

9. News article: Aviel Rubin, "On My Mind: Pull The Plug," Forbes Magazine, 8/2006 http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2006/0904/040.html?partner=alerts&_requestid=2972

10. News article: U.S. Commission on Federal Election Reform, 2006. "Reversing Course on Electronic Voting: Some Former Backers of Technology Seek Return to Paper Ballots, Citing Glitches, Fraud Fears," Wall Street Journal, May 12, 2006.
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Summaries

BRENNAN CENTER: The Machinery of Democracy: Protecting Elections in an Electronic World,
2006. http://www.brennancenter.org/programs/downloads/Full%20Report.pdf

Studied 3 voting systems by type: DRE, DRE w/VVPAT, and Optical Scan. Brennan identified 120 vulnerability points.

Report is limited to identifying the least difficult way to alter results on a statewide Basis. It's also limited to studying attacks that cannot be prevented by physical security and accounting measures taken by election officials.

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In 2004, Rady Ananda began contributing to the Web, as part of the growing community of citizen journalists. Focusing mainly on elections, her blogs also address religious, gender, sexual and racial equality, as well as environmental issues; and are sprinkled with book and film reviews on various topics. She currently serves as a senior editor at OpEdNews. All material offered here is the property of Rady Ananda, copyright 2006, 2007, 2008. Permission is granted to repost, with proper attribution including the original link. "It is the responsibility of intellectuals to speak the truth and expose lies." ~ Noam Chomsky http://www.wisdomquotes.com/001925.html

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