March 30, 2007

Voting machines topic at Riverside County hearing

"Finnish computer programmer Harri Hursti has not attempted to hack into the county's voting machines, but he will share at a public hearing today how vulnerable electronic systems can be.

"Upon an in-depth review, we believe that electronic systems can never be made transparent enough or secure enough so that voters can have complete confidence that the vote is counted as cast," said Tom Courbat, executive director of SAVE R VOTE, a watchdog group that oversees Riverside County elections and orchestrated Hursti's visit."

Last year, Hursti hacked into a Diebold voting system on the HBO documentary "Hacking Democracy."

Today's blue ribbon committee meeting is the third and final public hearing. It will be at 9 a.m. at Palm Desert City Hall council chambers."

The story is here.

Posted by Randy Riddle at March 30, 2007 08:56 AM