As head of the Voter Technology Research Center at the University of Connecticut, professor Alexander Shvartsman directs a team of computer scientists granted special access to the optical scanners used to count the state's paper ballots. Connecticut uses the Accuvote optical scanner by Premier Election Solutions — now Election Systems & Software — along with about 20 percent of all precincts in America. Despite certification in numerous states, it wasn't until after the scanners were on the market that widespread reports of memory loss and other problems surfaced over the past four ... Read More
Faulty Machines Ready to Count Your Vote
May 12, 2008 • By • 1 Comment
Some of the biggest battleground states this primary election season — New Hampshire, Ohio, Texas, Pennsylvania and Indiana — have also been some of the worst performing states for election integrity. And the first four are likely swing states come November. These states not only received a large number of reported malfunctions and complaints, they also used many of the same ballot-counting machines that computer scientists across the country have shown are faulty and easily hacked. With election officials and the general public largely blocked from knowing how the computers that ... Read More
