Secrecy of Voting Machines Ballots At Risk 256
JimBobJoe writes "On Monday, Cnet published the findings I made as an Ohio poll worker regarding a major oversight in my state's election's system: Using a combination of public records, plus the voting machine paper trails, you can figure out how people voted. Though most agree that voting machine paper trails are a necessity, they can cause privacy problems which aren't easily mitigated. 'It's an especially pointed concern in Ohio, a traditional swing state in presidential elections that awarded George Bush a narrow victory over John Kerry three years ago. Ohio law permits anyone to walk into a county election office and obtain two crucial documents: a list of voters in the order they voted, and a time-stamped list of the actual votes. "We simply take the two pieces of paper together, merge them, and then we have which voter voted and in which way," said James Moyer, a longtime privacy activist and poll worker who lives in Columbus, Ohio.'"
Hah (Score:5, Funny)
Try and combine my vote and a date together in a database you b*****rds!
Just turn over all votes to the administration (Score:1, Funny)
Old Problem (Score:4, Funny)
A bishop was celebrating a major aniversary with society friends. He was at one end of the table and was asked what was the first sin he ever had confessed to him, to which he replied "Adultery". A lady at the other end of the table said "I was the first person ever to confess to him".
The people in the middle of the table, who could hear both conversations, put the two snippets of information together
Re:How long (Score:1, Funny)