[37088] in bugtraq
Re: Some Voters Say Machines Failed, Incorrect Choices Appear on Screens (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu)
Wed Oct 27 01:44:59 2004
Message-Id: <200410260129.i9Q1TYIO031551@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
To: "Atom 'Smasher'" <atom@suspicious.org>
Cc: bugtraq@securityfocus.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 25 Oct 2004 01:00:46 EDT."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
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Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 21:29:34 -0400
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On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 01:00:46 EDT, "Atom 'Smasher'" said:
> Herrera said she's heard stories from Democrats and Republicans.
> In some cases, when people have tried to vote a straight ticket, the
> screen has given their votes to every candidate in the opposite political
> party, she said.
>
> She believes it's a people problem. "I have confidence in the
> machines," she said. "They are touch screens. People are touching them
> with their palms, or leaning their hand. ... They're hitting the wrong
> button."
If it's a widespread people problem, it's not the people's problem, it's
the UI designer or programmer's problem.
Synaptics makes a touchpad often used in laptops that can *do* palm detection.
Knowing this, the machine should either be built with equivalent technology,
or a *BIG* sign:
*** CAUTION: UNGROUNDED ELECTRICAL MACHINERY!!! ***
ONLY TOUCH MACHINE WITH ONE FINGER. ALLOWING ANY OTHER PART OF
YOUR HAND OR BODY TO COME IN CONTACT WITH THE MACHINE MAY EXPOSE YOU TO
DANGEROUSLY HIGH VOLTAGES!!
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