Neowin News Feed for: E-voting

Bug in ancient e-voting machines impact Belgium election

Christopher White — Tue, 27 May 2014 05:00:00 +0000

A bug with e-voting machines in Belgium has raised havoc with the country's election process, causing a temporary halt until the developers can find and fix the flag in the DOS-based machines. Read more...

Diebold Unable to Sell e-Voting Unit

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 18:02:27 +0000

Amid criticism for its allegedly unreliable voting machines, Diebold Inc. said today that it has failed to sell its voting technology business, which manufactures voting booths used in elections across the country. Instead, the company... Read more...

E-Voting Cos. Reveal Software to Feds

Wed, 27 Oct 2004 13:44:25 +0000

The nation's largest voting machine companies are submitting millions of lines of code to the National Software Reference Library to address sharp criticism from computer scientists about the secret software used in elections. ... Read more...

Crypto stars sound off on e-voting, DRM

Wed, 25 Feb 2004 07:03:50 +0000

A panel of distinguished cryptographers at the RSA Conference in San Francisco weighed in on a variety of hot button issues, including electronic voting and rights management for digital media. Speaking at the... Read more...

Pentagon e-voting plan 'flawed'

Fri, 23 Jan 2004 08:10:08 +0000

The Pentagon has defended its internet voting system after a critical report recommended it should be scrapped. Four computer experts who reviewed the pilot project said the risks of online voting could not... Read more...

FBI investigates hack at e-voting software company

Wed, 31 Dec 2003 02:14:06 +0000

Local and federal authorities including the FBI are investigating an intrusion into a computer network at an e-vote software company, which suspects the hack was politically motivated. (:O -Ed) VoteHere, a 7-year-old... Read more...

States scrutinize e-voting as primaries near

Tue, 09 Dec 2003 10:19:05 +0000

Some states are raising last-minute security concerns over e-voting technology as much of the country prepares to switch over from mechanical to electronic ballots in time for the upcoming U.S. presidential election. After... Read more...