Electronic Voting Machines Pose Danger : Brennan Report

http://www.brennancenter.org/presscenter/releases_2006/pressrelease_2006_0627.html

The Brennan Center Task Force on Voting System Security, an initiative of the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, today released a report and policy proposals concluding that all three of the nation’s most commonly purchased electronic voting systems are vulnerable to software attacks that could threaten the integrity of a state or national election…

The Task Force surveyed hundreds of election officials around the country; categorized over 120 security threats; and evaluated countermeasures for repelling attacks. The study examined each of the three most commonly purchased electronic voting systems: electronic machines (“DREs”) with – and without – a voter verified paper trail, and precinct-counted optical scan systems (“PCOS”). The report, The Machinery of Democracy: Protecting Elections in an Electronic World, is the first-ever systematic analysis of security vulnerabilities in each of these systems.

The complete report is available at: http://www.brennancenter.org/programs/downloads/Full%20Report.pdf . The executive summary is available at: http://www.brennancenter.org/programs/downloads/Executive%20Summary.pdf .