[freeandfreezing]

This looks like another example of government funded research to find out what everybody already knows - if you can take apart something, modify it, and then put it back in service without anybody noticing you can perpetrate pretty much any kind of crime you want - including fixing elections.

This can and has been done with ATM machines, card swipe terminals in supermarkets, etc.

In actual practice taking the voting machines apart and hacking them involves breaking in to and working for hours in government buildings without being noticed, creating replacement seals that can pass the inspection of poll workers, etc. It is more of a movie plot than a practical idea.

So why did we spend taxpayer money on the research in the first place?

[sam_paine]

EXACTLY!