Who Says Electronic Voting is Safe?
Friday, October 24th, 2008By Monica F. Helms
Since the first time they came out, electronic voting machines have been accused of providing inaccurate information and could easily be hacked into and change the results. On the one side, proponents and manufactures insisted that the machines are secure, while opponents insisted they could be remotely “adjusted” and would like paper backup for their voting results. Many states who use electronic voting machines print paper backup forms to verify the results.
In July of 2002, Georgia’s Secretary of State, Cathy Cox (D) signed a contract with Diebold to provide electronic voting machines for the entire State of Georgia. We became the first in the nation to go totally electronic voting. In August 2003, Walden O’Dell, then CEO of Diebold, announced he became the top fundraiser for President Bush and the Republican Party and said he would do whatever it takes to get Republicans elected. Pretty scary comment from the person whose company builds the very machines our votes get recorded on.