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>>>> I believe at some point systems will need to have hash
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>>>> firmware and os as well as voting logic to provide a secure >>>> elections systems environment. The industry has enormous >>>> resistance but that is not well founded. >>>> This is because of the issues you raise re drivers keyboards, and >>>> so forth. It may not be practical to do hash for all code and all >>>> this now, but that is the only way to create a secure system. The >>>> printed audit records need to exist at every step of the process to >>>> make it secure, not just voter verification. >>>> The issue with paper ballots, any paper trail, is that humans are >>>> not adequate to the task of achieving an accurate count or even a >>>> repeatable count of millions of paper trail ballots. >>>> Sue >>>> >>>> Susan Eustis >>>> President >>>> WinterGreen Research >>>> 6 Raymond Street >>>> Lexington, MA 02421 >>>> Tel: (781) 863-5078 >>>> Cell: (617)852-7876 |