Andrew Plato wrote: >Its been in the works for a while. Diebold, Accenture, and a local firm >Saber Consulting bid on the contract. The Secretary of State chose the >local firm, Saber, to do the job. Its part of the federal Help America >Vote Act (HAVA). > Congratulations to Anitian. >Part of the reason Saber won was because Diebold and Accenture's >solutions have serious security problems. When I met with the Secretary >of State's selection team, I pointed the security weaknesses in those >products. It wasn't the only reason they picked Saber, but it was >certainly a factor. > Yay! >Oregon won't do away with the mail-in ballots as far as I know. But the >remainder of the system is being updated to do electronic data gathering >and registration. > I'm a little vague on what that all means. Is the Oregon electronic voting thingie going to support a voter-verified audit trail? Or is that not a relevant concept for the parts being electronicized? Crispin -- Crispin Cowan, Ph.D. http://immunix.com/~crispin/ CTO, Immunix http://immunix.com Immunix 7.3 http://www.immunix.com/shop/
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