[36749] in bugtraq
Re: Diebold Global Election Management System (GEMS) Backdoor Account Allows Authenticated Users to Modify Votes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Colm Buckley)
Wed Sep 29 17:05:13 2004
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From: Colm Buckley <colm@tuatha.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 09:33:24 +0100
To: Simon <lists@sime.org.uk>
On 28 Sep 2004, at 21:20, Simon wrote:
> How do you know that the software generating the audit trail is
> playing fair if it's closed source?
This is where the "voter-verified" part of "voter-verified audit trail"
comes from. The software produces a visible hardcopy of the voter's
choice, which the voter has a chance to inspect before it is deposited
in a ballot box. Assuming reasonable precautions are taken to prevent
physical tampering with these boxes, the software record of the votes
cast can be compared at any time with the paper record - and the paper
record would have primacy in the event of any discrepancy.
Colm
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