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Electronic voting to get scrutiny at Hopkins
$7.5 million grant to be used to establish a study center
By Jennifer Skalka
Sun Staff
Originally published August 16, 2005

After widespread criticism about the security of electronic voting systems, the National Science Foundation announced a $7.5 million grant yesterday for a new center at the Johns Hopkins University to explore the reliability of the machines.

Named to head the center was Avi Rubin, a Hopkins professor and longtime critic of the state's electronic voting machines, who said the new center's goal is to design the most foolproof, transparent voting system possible.

The center will be called ACCURATE, short for A Center for Correct, Usable, Reliable, Auditable and Transparent Elections. The money will be divided among six institutions, bringing researchers with a range of specialties, including human behavior, into the mix.

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