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Inquirer Calls Sequoia Vote Machines "Expensive Mistake"
“It’s beyond clear that the Sequoia Voting Systems machines in use in most New Jersey counties – and some in Pennsylvania, including Montgomery County – were an expensive mistake at best.”
It’s official: The Philadelphia Inquirer has joined the legions of those opposed to insecure, unauditable unrecountable direct recording electronic vote machines (DREs). And especially the Sequoias now in residence in Montgomery County and across New Jersey. Finally. Read their recent editorial here.
Some Sequoia Vote Machines Down for the Count in NJ Primary
Problem Machines Same Model As in Montgomery County
While New Jersey officials were routinely putting to bed the results of their recent Super Tuesday primary, ballot count discrepancies were discovered between those in the internal memory of some machines and the numbers on the memory cartridges of the same machines. The machines involved are the Sequoia AVC Advantage, direct recording electronic voting systems (DREs) of the same model as those used in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.
Interview With NY Times Writer Clive Thompson on the Perils of Electronic Voting
Read or listen to Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzales's interview with Thompson on his experiences researching his NY Times Magazine cover story.
Read Thompson's NYT story, "Can You Count on Voting Machines?"
Dan Rather Report on Factory Failures of Sequoia and ES&S Vote Machine Vendors Sounds More Alarms on Industry Practices
In a shocking mid-August report by Dan Rather for HDTV, the veteran newsman disclosed factory failures of Sequoia Voting Systems and Election Systems and Services (ES&S) so severe that they could lead to prosecution on commercial fraud against the two leading vote machine vendors.
Sequoia Software Flunks Security Probe in California – Another Blow to Voter Confidence in Montgomery County Vote Machines
The most comprehensive analysis of security and operating issues of electronic vote machines ever performed was released in late July by the State of California, and the results from a series of reports provided a body blow to an industry already on the defensive. Tests were done on systems of three vendors, Sequoia Voting Systems, Diebold, and Hart Intercivic by researchers at the University of California under a $1.8 million contract with the California Secretary of State’s Office.
Sequoia Vote Machines Hacked!
It finally happened - what the Election Reform Network and countless computer security experts and election integrity advocates have been saying all along: Sequoia electronic vote machines - specifically the Sequoia AVC Advantage - those used in Montgomery County and other places across the country - can be hacked! And according to a computer scientist it doesn't take very much to do it. In fact, it took one of Professor Andrew Appel's grad students about seven seconds to pick the lock in the back of a machine.
