Here are some resources that we recommend. This list may change weekly.
The Problem in a Nutshell
Humor
Buttons
Editorials
Columnists
Tampering
Legislation
In-Depth Resources
Software
Notable News Reports
The Problem in a Nutshell
Mark Fiori, "Digital Democracy." A two-minute humorous animation (185K).
Ernest Partridge, ”Privatized voting: A fable.” (One-page excerpt. Presents an allegory for paperless voting.)
One-page flyer, “Are We in Danger of Losing our Democracy?” Microsoft Word format. (This document can also serve as a half- page flyer: Print it on both sides of a sheet of paper—upside down on the second side—then cut the sheet in half.) Revised 3/14/04.
flyer1a.doc, in Arial Rounded MT Bold font (preferred font).
flyer1t.doc, in Times New Roman Bold font (alternate font).
(Based on an original flyer by a University of Wyoming student.)
“Democracy at Risk.” Paul Krugman summarizes the problem of paperless voting machines.
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Humor
Animation: "Digital Democracy." A two-minute humorous animation (185K) by Mark Fiori.
Animation: “Rise of the Voting Machines.” Three-minute video from Wired.com, spoofing the California governor-recall election. (Update: blackboxvoting.org is now back online.)
Shoe comic strip: “Accidents happen.”
Dilbert comic strip: “Not my best work.”
Frazz comic strip: “High-tech Assurance.”
Parody: "Florida Voting Machine." (For best results, resize your browser to less than full screen.)
Parody: The Diebold Variations. Eighteen poster ads that skewer paperless voting machines. Some are classic!
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Buttons. (Click for higher resolution image.)
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Editorials
Fortune Magazine: Paperless voting is Worst Technology of 2003
New York Times: “Making Votes Count: Gambling on Democracy.” NYT says voting machines rate three lemons.
New York Times: "Making Votes Count: Fixing Democracy"
New York Times: “How to Hack an Election”
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Columnists and Commentary
Newsweek: "Black Box Voting Blues" by Steve Levy
Baltimore Sun: “How Safe is Your Vote?” (Reprinted on the website of the Center for Voting and Democracy.)
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Tampering
Electronic voting firm, VoteHere, claims hacker break-in.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 30, 2003
Hackers show how to break into Maryland’s voting machines.
National Public Radio, January 29, 2004 (7.5-minute audio)
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Legislation
Help America Vote Act (HAVA)
“Voter Confidence Acts” Would require printing of the voter’s ballot during the 2004 presidential election.
Comparison of Senate proposals to amend HAVA
Guide to Illinois HB1968. Text, excerpts, and table of contents for July 2005 update to the Illinois Election Code.
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In-depth Resources
General Accountability Office’s report on flaws in the 2004 national elections (GA0-05-956)
Sequoia-Cook County purchase contract, July 2005.
“Paper Trails: Paper Ballots vs. Paper Receipts.” The difference between a paper ballot and a paper ballot-receipt.
“Paper Trails: Gambling on Recounts.” Paper trails can’t ensure ballot integrity.
“Top Twenty Weak Points of Electronic Voting.” A primer on the inherent vulnerability of electronic voting.
”How E-voting Threatens Democracy.” “Frontline”-type report of the people and events that broke the news about voting machines. (Wired.com, March 29, 2004.)
Black Box Voting: Ballot Tampering in the 21st Century, by Bev Harris. (Purchase from Amazon.com, or download free, above.)
“Myth Breakers for Election Officials”. Picks up where Black Box
Voting (above) leaves off. Version 2, released January 2005. Includes cost analysis of the various voting strategies,
and machine performance in the November 2004 election.
”Analysis of an Electronic Voting System.” Lengthy report by Johns Hopkins security experts, July 23, 2003. A few sections are very technical. The final sentence of the one-page abstract reads as follows: “We conclude that, as a society, we must carefully consider the risks inherent in electronic voting, as it places our very democracy at risk.
American Democracy at Risk. Website with extensive news and analysis of computerized voting. Updated regularly.
Google News Alerts sends you late-breaking news on topics of your choice. Request news items that mention “voting machine.”
Wired.com’s archive of “voting machine” news stories.”
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Software
Open Voting Consortium, a group of techies that have developed open-source, free software to convert almost any computer into a voting machine. Demo available online.
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Notable News Reports
August 16, 2004
How They Could Steal the Election This Time.
An update on the problems of touch-screen systems and of attempts to deal with them. The author has been observing and documenting the dangers of digital voting systems for over fifteen years.
January 8, 2004
More Voting Technology Problems
134 Broward County Florida voters managed to use the 2-year-old touch-screen equipment without casting votes for any candidate.
November, 2003
Ten years of Election Fraud and Irregularities. (Chapter 2 of Bev Harris’s book, above. PDF file.)
April 24, 2003
Voting machines insist on marking a particular candidate in Boca Raton, Florida Wyatt Olson, in the New Times (Broward- Palm Beach newspaper)
January 29, 2003
Sen. Charles Hagel's votes counted by his own company
Source: Washington, D.C., publication The Hill.
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