This documentary exposes the vulnerability of computers – which count approximately 80% of America’s votes in county, state and federal elections – suggesting that if our votes aren’t safe, then our democracy isn’t safe either.
I’m a programmer, this is like a “duh!” thing for me. If you are voting please use a paper ballot. The computer voting machines have many problems. Just go to wikipedia and read up on this a bit as well Premier Election Solutions. But please be aware, a graduate student, Virgil Griffith, discovered that Diebold (Parent company to Premier Election Soultions) as well as the CIA and others have been editing Wikipedia entries to delete information that makes them look bad and conveniently putting more positive information in its place. Read the full Wired article here.
