States throw out costly electronic voting machines - USATODAY.com - The Diigo Meta page

• 24 Aug 08
  

  Madeline Brownstone

  I'm sure there are better articles on the topic, but this is a start

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  • After the disputed 2000 presidential recount, Congress provided more than $3 billion to replace punch card and lever-operated machines. State officials across the country said the new systems would eliminate human error and political tampering.
  • But problems with the machines soon followed: vanishing votes, breakdowns, malfunctions and increasing evidence that the devices were vulnerable to hackers.

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