Actually, no.
The Diebold machine is (as I recall) actually a fully functional computer. As long as the USB drive is formatted in a way that a Windows box can read it, slapping the switch over and inserting the key causes it to copy its log file over to the drive. It’s some sort of diagnostic, I think. Or that was the original purpose.
FYI, all the Diebold voting machines run Windows CE.
You stick the Flash drive in place and reboot the box. It installs whatever software is on the Flash drive. Bingo. Pwned.
Oh, great.
“FYI, all the Diebold voting machines run Windows CE.”
Windows CE!!!!! Ok now I am on board we need to go back to paper hand counted ballots.