Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Electronic voting technology can include punched cards, optical scan voting systems and specialized voting kiosks (including self-contained direct-recording electronic voting systems, or DRE). It can also involve transmission of ballots and votes via telephones, private computer networks , or the Internet.
Romania first implemented electronic voting systems in 2003, [129] on a limited basis, to extend voting capabilities to soldiers and others serving in Iraq, and other theaters of war. Despite the publicly stated goal of fighting corruption, the equipment was procured and deployed in less than 30 days [ 130 ] after the government edict passed.
"top-to-bottom review" of security of all electronic voting systems in the state, including Diebold Election Systems, Hart InterCivic, Sequoia Voting Systems and Elections Systems and Software. [167] August 2 report by computer security experts from the University of California found flaws in voting system source code. On July 27 "red teams ...
One significant challenge in implementing e-democracy is ensuring the security of internet-voting systems. The potential interference from viruses and malware, which could alter or inhibit citizens' votes on critical issues, hinders the widespread adoption of e-democracy as long as such cybersecurity threats persist. [citation needed]
In a DRE voting machine system, a touch screen displays choices to the voter, who selects choices, and can change their mind as often as needed, before casting the vote. Staff initialize each voter once on the machine, to avoid repeat voting. Voting data are recorded in memory components, and can be copied out at the end of the election.
In other systems, a voter fills out the ballot with a pen and then feeds it into a voting machine. COHEN: There’s a common misconception that the voting machines are the complete process. In ...
The oldest optical-scan voting systems scan ballots using optical mark recognition scanners. Voters mark their choice in a voting response location, usually filling a rectangle, circle or oval, or by completing an arrow. Various mark-sense voting systems have used a variety of different approaches to determining what marks are counted as votes.
Partial passwords to some parts of the state's voting systems that were accidentally posted online pose no threat to Nov. 5 general election, the Colorado Department of State said on Tuesday.