Surprise! Electronic Voting Systems Won't Be Ready By 2006
Posted by Kraig Baker
Here's a big surprise. The GAO reports that electronic voting systems aren't likely to be sufficiently secure by the 2006 elections. According to the report, the list of vulnerabilities included everything from easily-guessed administrator passwords and voter-verified paper trail design flaws, to incorrect software installation and system failures on Election Day. Here's a link to the GAO report.
It seems to me that it is unlikely that this will be solved any time soon. In addition to this being a complicated solution to design and develop, there are too many interests demanding too many things and too many people with axes to grind. As much as I'd like to see electronic voting systems that work, I suspect the FBI will have an efficient computer system before we see an electronic voting system that people are happy with.