[amchugh]

Finally! It's about time someone had enough sense to do this.

[mountn man]

How long before Jesse and Al scream racism, disenfranchisment, and demand absentee voting...with no type of Id verification or voter registration required.

[PetroniDE]

I find it interesting that the will let these “hackable” machines be used for the primaries. Can’t have democrats in an election without fraud (even in their own primary).

BTW — Any machine is hackable if you try hard enough. Guess we have to ban voting by their logic.

[supercat]

I am bewildered at the failure to protect against fundamental vulnerabilities, even when solutions are not difficult.

1. Problem: If a machine has a writable code store, it’s possible for illegitimate code to perform just about any function, and then later overwrite itself with a copy of the legitimate code thus leaving little or no trace of its existence.

   Solution: Require that machines be constructed to only run code from flash or OTP cartridges which cannot be altered while they are inside the machine, and whose contents can be inspected without running any code stored thereon.

2. Problem: Machines with built-in locks are subject to key compromise.

   Solution: Rather than having locks built into the machines, construct them with places to attach padlocks, such that all padlocks must be removed for access. Each interested party then supplies its own lock. No party need entrust any other party with its keys.

3. Problem: Vote storage media could be altered after the election.

   Solution: Construct the vote storage media with a highly visible write-protect mechanism. After the election, election judges confirm that the mechanisms are engaged as soon as the media are removed from the machines; members of each party then use their own media readers to copy the election results, and supply each other with digital signatures thereof.

I don’t see any need for particularly fancy equipment. Something like an 8032 should be just fine. Somewhat higher end processors might allow for prettier graphics, but maintaining code/data separation might be a little more tricky. Though even if hardware doesn't physically separate code and data storages, running from a read-only code store would be loads better than running from a writable one (though in the absense of protection a buffer overrun could cause code to jump into a writable area).

[coloradan]

Are they going to restrict it to legal residents, or something?

[Tex Pete]

Requiring voters to be registered and have ID would be the first steps to preventing voter fraud. Of course, the dems aren’t really concerned about that.

[colorado tanker]

Finally! It's about time someone had enough sense to do this.

Be careful what you ask for. The reason Dem officials are doing this is that paper ballots are much easier to commit fraud with than votes preserved in these electronic systems. Remember their M.O. - keep "finding" and counting votes until the Dem wins.

[Sergio]

Funny how the Democrats cry loud and long about “vote fraud”. The only time they cry louder and longer is when anyone tries to fix the issue.