Sequoia voting gear allows for ballot stuffing, calls it a "feature"

engadget ^ | Nov 3rd 2006 | Cyrus Farivar

[george76]

There's an old adage in election-year politics: "Vote early, and vote often."

While that second part is usually meant as a little humorous jab, Sequoia Voting Systems apparently wasn't in on the joke. See, in California and other states, some polling places have these e-voting devices (made by Sequoia) known as AVC Edge voting machines, and each machine comes with a yellow button located on the back of each device.

The button is designed as a manual backup, which activists claim allows people to vote as many times as they like.

[george76]

Sequoia Voting Systems was purchased by a company from Venezeula that in turn is funded by the government(Hugo Chavez)

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[Sundog]

I’ll take 500 Obama votes for 2 packs of cigarettes.

[stockpirate]

It doesn’t matter how many republicans vote for McCain.

We are about to witness a coup et deta.....

[antiRepublicrat]

Sequoia was in court trying to prevent the publishing of a damning security review of their machines. They finally lost. Read it here. Video here.

[aruanan]

Sequoia is what is used in Chicago. I just voted a few days ago. It did make a paper copy of each session.

[17th Miss Regt]

Due to an election day special, a 40 oz bottle of malt liquor is included with the cigarettes. Old English 800. Mighty good!

[Sundog]

I want my washbasin of Heinekin beer.

[17th Miss Regt]

That is the Lousiana special. Are you in Louisiana?

[Sundog]

Noooooo . . . I’m in bone dry Utah wishing I was in Lousiana.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Here is a fairly simple and fool proof system.

1) Voter is given a barcoded ballot request that they must complete and hand to a poll worker. All barcoded ballots are handled as official documents and poll workers and election commissions are responsible for keeping track of them.

2) Poll worker scans barcoded ballot which, if shown as a unique barcode not yet scanned, and unloacks the machine for ONE voting cycle.

3) The computer keeps record of barcodes scanned and keeps the records separate from the voting records. One computer keeps track of all barcodes and enables all voting machines.

4) Machine records electronic AND paper copy of votes cast so that voter may review his selections on paper behind a window.

5) Various methods can be used to ensure that votes cannot be matched to a particular voter except where the voter is determined later to have voted illegally. This could be something as simple as requiring several people to enter passwords before the info is allowed to be accessed and then a keystroke recording program to show what information was accessed and viewed/changed.

[17th Miss Regt]

In Utah, we’re offering punch flavored gatorade and a bottle of ethanol on the side, along with your cigs.

[Sundog]

If I can get 2 shots of ‘Flavoring’ in my Mocha I’ll be happy.

[antiRepublicrat]

It did make a paper copy of each session.

A paper copy is good, but it will be used only when irregularities are found. The problem is that these machines can be hacked to show no irregularities.

[17th Miss Regt]

Then I take it you don’t need the punch Gatorade. Here’s your ballot, pre-marked for the Chosen One (PBUH), and find any open voting machine. Inshallah!

[newzjunkey]

The paper copy is useless without an election challenge. Electronic (and internet voting) is the ultimate in election fraud tools for the Democrat party.

The very best voting system is a the optical scan paper ballot where u blacken in the ovals.