A group of experts from a variety of disciplines have found that voting equipment in place now leaves the voting process vulnerable to fraud and tampering. See the press release here and a PDF version of the report here: THE MACHINERY OF DEMOCRACY PROTECTING ELECTIONS IN AN ELECTRONIC WORLD
NPR reporter Farai Chideya interviewed the study's co-author Lawrence Norden from the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law in New York City
NPR host Diane Rehm interviewed Professor Norden along with several computer experts (including Avi Ruben), an attorney and Congressman Thomas Davis, III, Republican of Virginia on July 5, 2006. In this segment, Linda Lamone, adminstrator of elections, State of Maryland opined that most voters are satisfied with electronic voting systems and criticized the report because it undermines confidence in the election system.
9-10-06 I had looked for but couldn't find a more recent interview done by Diane Rehm with Avi Rubin. Phil Windley posted this information about the interview in his blog Technometria:
Diane Rehm is interviewing Avi Rubin about his new book Brave New Ballot today. Avi does a great job of explaining in simple, understandable language why electronic voting is inherently insecure. I’ve picked up the book and look forward to reading it.
Avi mentions that adding verifiable paper records to the electronic voting machines significantly improves the level of confidence that one can have in the voting system. There are 35 states that have a law, administrative rule, or simply bought such systems. Utah is one of them, having a law that requires the verifiable paper trail. It could be improved, but its a good start.
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