Official: Voting machines hacked

The interesting part is “some.” Yes, Diebold made, of course. I did not know Diebold also made optical scanning machines used in some elections. However I did recall a number of news stories appearing with problems with results from optical scanning systems, as well as questions about their now infamous touch-screen voting machines. Naturally the American Government in Exile will be the first to congratulate John Kerry on his election as the 43rd president of the United States, succeeding President Al Gore.

TALLAHASSEE — Tests show some Diebold voting machines used in Florida and elsewhere around the nation can be hacked by election office insiders to change results, Leon County Supervisor of Elections Ion Sancho charged Thursday.

Sancho said the tests on optical machines that scan paper ballots, conducted for his office and a monitoring group, also indicated they can be manipulated without leaving any evidence of tampering.

“This is not supposed to be possible,” Sancho said. “We did it.”

Diebold spokesman David Bear discounted the tests as unrealistic because they bypassed normal security procedures.

“If I gave you the keys to my house and I turned off the alarm and told you when I wasn’t going to be home, I don’t doubt you can get into my house,” Bear said. “But is that going to have any effect on the election? Absolutely not.”

The Ohio-based company has been criticized for its connections to President Bush, whose brother, Jeb Bush, is Florida’s governor.

Florida Acting Secretary of State David Mann said he couldn’t comment on specifics because his department wasn’t invited to participate in the testing but that he was confident in the state’s process of certifying voting machines.

Sancho, however, said the tests show the certification process is…

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