http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sequoia-takes-aim-at-princeton-profs-over-e-voting-analysis-plan/ Engadget Comments for Sequoia takes aim at Princeton profs over e-voting analysis plans http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sequoia-takes-aim-at-princeton-profs-over-e-voting-analysis-plan/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sequoia-takes-aim-at-princeton-profs-over-e-voting-analysis-plan/http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/03/voting_machine_maker_threatens.html]]>Mar 19th 2008 1:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sequoia-takes-aim-at-princeton-profs-over-e-voting-analysis-plan/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sequoia-takes-aim-at-princeton-profs-over-e-voting-analysis-plan/
This is the fucking 21st century last time I looked at a calendar. You're telling me there's not some way through dedicated connections, paper trails, etc. to give at least SOME level of security to e-voting? ]]>Mar 19th 2008 1:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sequoia-takes-aim-at-princeton-profs-over-e-voting-analysis-plan/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sequoia-takes-aim-at-princeton-profs-over-e-voting-analysis-plan/
It's funny how when it comes to $$$ (online transactions)... the big guys have no problem figuring this out, even a company like diebold, which makes ATM machines (which is scary!), seems to fuck this stuff up.

Not that I feel comfortable about "big brother" tracking who and what we vote for, but sometimes I wonder if the web is truly the answer. The more hardware and "rollout" you have to do the more complicate things become.]]>Mar 19th 2008 1:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sequoia-takes-aim-at-princeton-profs-over-e-voting-analysis-plan/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sequoia-takes-aim-at-princeton-profs-over-e-voting-analysis-plan/

These machines are being used in American elections. The usual corporate-government relationship cannot be allowed to exist. If anything, more attention needs to be paid to this than the evaluation of a new jet fighter. The effects of such a system could be more disastrous. The intellectual properties argument is just a smoke screen, and if anything, even more suggestive of potential problems with the system, either intentional or not. No more of theses corporate shell games.]]>Mar 19th 2008 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sequoia-takes-aim-at-princeton-profs-over-e-voting-analysis-plan/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sequoia-takes-aim-at-princeton-profs-over-e-voting-analysis-plan/see http://www.theonion.com/content/video/diebold_accidentally_leaks]]>Mar 19th 2008 2:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sequoia-takes-aim-at-princeton-profs-over-e-voting-analysis-plan/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sequoia-takes-aim-at-princeton-profs-over-e-voting-analysis-plan/http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2008/3054]]>Mar 19th 2008 3:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sequoia-takes-aim-at-princeton-profs-over-e-voting-analysis-plan/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sequoia-takes-aim-at-princeton-profs-over-e-voting-analysis-plan/Mar 19th 2008 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sequoia-takes-aim-at-princeton-profs-over-e-voting-analysis-plan/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sequoia-takes-aim-at-princeton-profs-over-e-voting-analysis-plan/http://www.columbusdispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/03/16/BOEPROBE.ART_ART_03-16-08_B1_9F9LIV3.html?sid=101
http://www.whiotv.com/news/15598332/detail.html
whoitv did the original video interviews.

Let's add in the ars technica version for sh!ts and giggles: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080318-ohio-seizes-voting-machines-in-criminal-investigation.html]]>Mar 19th 2008 4:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sequoia-takes-aim-at-princeton-profs-over-e-voting-analysis-plan/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sequoia-takes-aim-at-princeton-profs-over-e-voting-analysis-plan/Mar 19th 2008 3:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sequoia-takes-aim-at-princeton-profs-over-e-voting-analysis-plan/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sequoia-takes-aim-at-princeton-profs-over-e-voting-analysis-plan/Mar 19th 2008 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sequoia-takes-aim-at-princeton-profs-over-e-voting-analysis-plan/http://www.engadget.com/2008/03/19/sequoia-takes-aim-at-princeton-profs-over-e-voting-analysis-plan/
The issues which Sequoia threaten seem to be related to outside testing (though I'm not sure what "noncompliant analysis" really means). Hiring the researchers onto the payroll keeps the testing in-house.

If I were the elections officials, I'd think about doing it that way ;-)]]>Mar 19th 2008 9:58PM