Friday, December 16, 2005

Elections Official: Some Voting Machines Could Be Hacked

Voting machines used in four Central Florida counties might be flawed.There's new evidence that computer hackers could change election results without anyone knowing about it, WESH 2 News reported.The supervisor of elections in Tallahassee tested voting machines several times over the last several months, and on Monday, his workers were able to hack into a voting machine and change the outcome. He said that same thing might have happened in Volusia County in 2000.The big controversy revolves around a little black computer card that is smaller than a floppy disk and bigger than a flash drive. The card is inserted into voting machines that scan paper ballots. The card serves as the machine's electronic brain.


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