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Poor Design in Computer Voting

Poor Design in Computer Voting. Jim Macaraeg December 1, 2008 COMP 450 Lingard. Voting Process & Computerization. Voter Registration Vote Casting Vote Storage Vote Tabulation Vote Reporting. Computerization of Vote Tabulation. Audit log is stored in MS Access database.

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Poor Design in Computer Voting

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  1. Poor Design in Computer Voting Jim Macaraeg December 1, 2008COMP 450 Lingard

  2. Voting Process & Computerization • Voter Registration • Vote Casting • Vote Storage • Vote Tabulation • Vote Reporting

  3. Computerization of Vote Tabulation • Audit log is stored in MS Access database. • Audit log is unencrypted . • Audit Log is not password protected. • Tabulation software uses outdated encryption on source code.

  4. Computerization of Vote Casting • DRE Touch Screen systems designed to be too sensitive. • Computerized Vote Casting systems are technically complex for a simple task.

  5. Questions?

  6. References 1. Democracy at Risk The New York Times http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0123-03.htm 2. Herrin, Chuck HackTheVoteDemohttp://www.chuckherrin.com/hackthevotedemo.htm 3. Blackboxvoting.org

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