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by danjoc
3497 days ago
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>Why do Americans use voting machines exactly? It was a knee jerk reaction by Congress to the 2000 presidential election recounts in Florida. They passed a bill that funded the purchase of new voting machines called the Help America Vote Act[1]. It provided a fat pile of federal funds to states for the purpose of replacing voting equipment. Of course, throw a mountain of money in front of federal contractors, and several will rush out poorly designed systems quickly to claim the prize. Secure voting was the last thing on their minds. Diebold actually sued the state of Massachusetts for "wrongful purchase" of competitor systems.[2] Slashdot covered the fiasco generated by HAVA for years. Just search for Diebold or Sequoia in relation to their domain.[3] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help_America_Vote_Act [2] https://yro.slashdot.org/story/07/03/26/1431258/diebold-sues... [3] https://duckduckgo.com/html/?q=diebold%20site%3Aslashdot.org |
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