Posted on 10/17/2012 5:24:59 PM PDT by markomalley
A voting rights group and some of the nation’s leading researchers on election technology are urging Maryland voters to check the accuracy of their online voter registration files after warning that the data had been left vulnerable to tampering.
Researchers at the University of Michigan, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and a former president of the Association for Computing Machinery wrote to Maryland officials late last month urging them to take immediate steps to better protect a new system that allows Marylanders to update their voter registration online.
The letter warned that anyone with access to a Maryland voter’s full name and birth date could exploit a simple online tool to change the voter’s address, party affiliation or other information. Such changes, especially a change of address, could lead to a voter’s ballot not being counted normally on Election Day.
Despite the urging of at least one board member to respond to the researchers, officials at the Maryland State Board of Elections said they never did so. The officials told The Washington Post they considered the hacking scenario outlined in the researchers’ letter highly unlikely.
Ross K. Goldstein, deputy administrator of the elections board, said the state had taken steps to protect voter files, such as monitoring patterns of changes made to voter files online, but he declined to provide specifics.
“I am not going to disclose what security steps we have taken or not taken,” Goldstein said. “We are confident the system is secure.”
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O’Malley isn’t going to straighten out anything that may benefit Democrats.
He is as crooked as a snake.
O’Malley isn’t going to straighten out anything that may benefit Democrats.
He is as crooked as a snake.
O’Malley isn’t going to straighten out anything that may benefit Democrats.
He is as crooked as a snake.
You mean "secure" like these supposedly secure voting machines?
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9220356/Argonne_researchers_hack_Diebold_e_voting_system_
Keep computers away from votes.
Vote early. Vote often.
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
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