I’m sure it’s the same line in every state. Local media: “Common Cause says our state has a lousy voting system and that that state is “at high risk for major election problems?” You’re Secretary of State, how did that happen?” Dilbert the Secretary of State: “Oh, no problem. They don’t understand. You see, I’m elected, the people chose me. I know what I’m doing, which is good because I’m the decider.” All over America, B.S. excuses will be made to sluff off Common Cause. Unfortunately for the officials, there’s an election where results count. We’ll see...
Kansas49 News (TV):
The use of touch screen voting machines is growing, and with that new technology come new risks.
http://www.49abcnews.com/news/2006/jun/23/report_shows_electronic_voting_machines_have_high_/Washington D.C.-based Common Cause looked into those risks and released the results in this study.
49 News spoke to one of the study's authors. “Its true machines can be hacked very easily and this has been demonstrated by computer experts,” said Barbar Burt, one author of the study.
The report said across the country, 37 States will use the electronic voting machines in the 2006 mid-term election. Of those states, 19 do not have laws that require voter verified paper ballots. Kansas is one of those states and according to the study that puts it at high risk for voting fraud and malfunction.
Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh said the state has many safeguards in place to prevent voter fraud and machine malfunction.
“They fail to look at the entirety of the security system,” he said. “They're looking at each machine as merely a stand alone element and that's just not the fact.”
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