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Your Civic Duty
This is just a friendly reminder from your friends here at Gizmodo to go out and vote if you live in one of the Super Tuesday primary states. It's one of the closest contests in years, and your votes will actually make a difference for once, so don't blow this. Check out Giz's analysis of both the Republican and Democratic candidates here if you somehow haven't yet made a decision, although clearly you shouldn't choose your candidate based only on where they stand on net neutrality. If you're confused, just vote for Obama.
This is just a friendly reminder from your friends here at Gizmodo to go out and vote if you live in one of the Super Tuesday primary states. It's one of the closest contests in years, and your votes will actually make a difference for once, so don't blow this. Check out Giz's analysis of both the Republican and Democratic candidates here if you somehow haven't yet made a decision, although clearly you shouldn't choose your candidate based only on where they stand on net neutrality. If you're confused, just vote for Obama.
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An Overview of the New E-Voting Machine Guidelines
In case you didn't want to rip through the pages upon pages of the EAC's Voluntary Voting System Guidlines or the 600-page monster version before firing off your two cents on e-voting, Ars Technica nicely overviews them for us. For one, paper trails are now a de facto requirement, since "independent, voter-verifiable records" are required for certification, meaning we no longer have to pray that the machine's software is up to snuff. More »
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Uncle Sam Wants to Know How You Feel About E-Voting Machines
If you're not exactly down with the state of e-voting in the US (and you really shouldn't be), the Election Assistance Committee (a federal oversight committee that now has reign over certifying e-voting machines) wants to hear about it and what you think of their recently proposed guidelines (PDF, 600 pages). More »
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Paper Trails Not the Golden Ticket to Secure E-Voting
One of the most commonly cited ways to rectify, or at least mollify, the rampant security issues that have plagued e-voting is a solid paper trail to check the results against. Well, one think tank, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, is coming out with study saying it just ain't so—in fact, they allege in the report that paper trails have "serious limitations that diminish their ability to effectively verify election results." More »
cast your ballot
Today is the last day of voting for the Laptop Confidential II Contest. If you haven't seen them yet, take a look at the finalists here, and then follow the MORE link at the end of this post to cast your vote. The winner will receive his or her choice of any laptop with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor inside, with a value of up to $2000. Let the voting begin, and may the best film noir video win!
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Last Chance: Laptop Confidential II Final Vote
Today is the last day of voting for the Laptop Confidential II Contest. If you haven't seen them yet, take a look at the finalists here, and then follow the MORE link at the end of this post to cast your vote. The winner will receive his or her choice of any laptop with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor inside, with a value of up to $2000. Let the voting begin, and may the best film noir video win!More »
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Voting Machine Tutorial Uploads To iPod, So You Don't Accidentally Vote For Pat Buchanan
Connecticut's Secretary of State released a video on YouTube explaining how to use the state's new optical scan voting machines. The video is also available for download to something called an "iPOD." It is frightening to think of an electoral process where you're encouraged to watch a training video over and over. What happens to the people who don't have "iPODs" or YouTube-ready PCs? But the funniest thing is that this dorky-ass video, straight out of the public-service playbook, is specifically supposed to appeal to young people. More »
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Diebold Pulls a Reverse Cingular, Rebrands Voting Machine Division
Diebold takes such pride in the secure craftsmanship of its voting machines that it's changing the name of that division to Premier Election Solutions Inc., and even giving it its own board of directors. This is after no one stepped up to take the division off of Diebold's hands, probably because they'd feel guilty for relieving it of such a stellar asset. Wonder why they wouldn't want their ATMs and safes associated with their voting machines? [Threat Level, Image via Flickr]
California has deemed e-voting safe after implementing new security measures. [pcworld]
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Gizmodo PSA Contest: Don't Forget to Vote
There is only one day left to vote for the winner of the Gizmodo PSA Contest. A very nice Canon HV20 is on the line. The poll closes Wednesday at noon Eastern. Thanks again to everyone who entered. More »
i love a good democracy in the morning
And that's all she wrote. I spent the better part of this weekend with my crack team of peers and squirrels narrowing down the entries. We selected the top nine entries and are now leaving the rest up to you, the readers. Remember, there is a Canon HV20 HD Camcorder up for grabs. Polls will close Wednesday at noon Eastern. A big thanks goes out to everyone that entered the contest.
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Gizmodo PSA Contest: Vote for the Winner
And that's all she wrote. I spent the better part of this weekend with my crack team of peers and squirrels narrowing down the entries. We selected the top nine entries and are now leaving the rest up to you, the readers. Remember, there is a Canon HV20 HD Camcorder up for grabs. Polls will close Wednesday at noon Eastern. A big thanks goes out to everyone that entered the contest.
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Diebold Sues Massachusetts Because the State Doesn't Like Them
Diebold, everyone's favorite manufacturer of easily hacked voting machines, wasn't happy when the Commonwealth of Massachusetts decided to go with one of their competitors when purchasing voting machines for the disabled. In fact, their feelings were so badly hurt by the snub that they've decided to sue the state. More »
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Proving they're getting on that whole (in)security thing, Diebold put a picture of the key that opens their voting machines online. Yes, the key—one key opens all of their machines. Result? Someone was able to copy it using the photo on the website. Makes you relish the days of hanging chads, doesn't it? More »
Diebold Voting Machines: Secure as Never
Proving they're getting on that whole (in)security thing, Diebold put a picture of the key that opens their voting machines online. Yes, the key—one key opens all of their machines. Result? Someone was able to copy it using the photo on the website. Makes you relish the days of hanging chads, doesn't it? More »
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Electronic Voting Machines Vulnerable To Foreign Influence?
Could it be that those evil Venezuelans are trying to screw with our electronic voting machines, the same machines that we use to elect our fine leaders? That's what U.S. federal investigators are trying to determine after learning that company that makes the software running the electronic voting machines are from Venezuela. No conclusions yet, but it's pretty responsible to assume the worst in situations like this. Naturally, that means there's evil afoot. More »
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How To Steal an Election With a Diebold Machine
4:50 PM on Thu Sep 14 2006
By Jason Chen
1,961 views,
38 comments
Latest by bobby55: People from Princeton are stupid morons. You can't hack these things. Go ahead and try, and when you get caught call your parents for bail money so you can go back home and live in their basement. more »
Weblogs Award - A Mere Four Hours to Go
Please pull your eyes from the horrible adventures of Summer and Ryan on the O.C. and vote for us? If we don't win, baby Jesus will cry.
Please pull your eyes from the horrible adventures of Summer and Ryan on the O.C. and vote for us? If we don't win, baby Jesus will cry.
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