January 31, 2004
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Security measures urged for voting machines
Many forms of tampering possible, consultant says
By Stephanie Desmon
Sun Staff
Originally published January 30, 2004
Results tallied by Maryland's 16,000 new electronic voting machines can be trusted only with some added security measures, a consultant told legislators yesterday.
Maryland is spending $55 million on the Diebold AccuVote-TS touch screen machines.
Yet the review found that it is possible to vote multiple times, break into machines and disrupt results or get voters to select the wrong candidates. It's also possible to dial in to election headquarters and alter results or wipe out all of them.
"You're more secure buying a book from Amazon.com than you are uploading your results to the Diebold server."
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