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- Avi Ruben (59 min)
- News Video about Avi Rubin (5 min)
- Interview with Avi Rubin (7 min)
- Lots more videos
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In 2000, the US Presidential election experienced problems. The close race was decided by a very close decision in Florida. At the end, election officials were counting punched ballot cards by hand, worry about little pieces of paper (chads) that had only been partially punched out. Since the margin of victory was under 1000 votes, every single ballot really did matter.
Counting paper ballots involves handling millions of pieces of paper. It's time consuming and expensive.
Modern voters are accustomed to using computerized devices like DVD players, MP3 players, GPS navigation systems, PC's, and many other types of computerized equipment. They know that PC's can transmit large quantities of data over long distances. So computerized voting sounds like a logical idea.
Lots of states and cities have invested large amounts of money in brand new computer equipment for casting votes. But once the machines were widely used, their short-comings became apparent. They break too often, election officials cannot be sure that there are no errors in the software, and some users cannot figure out how to use them.
Read and watch videos to learn more about the issues. The best video is the one with Avi Rubin (59 min), but it is pretty poor quality. Watch it if you can. If it's too difficult, watch some of the other videos and read some of the web-sites.
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