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Electronic Voting Researcher Arrested Over Anonymous Source
J. Alex Halderman Freedom to Tinker Aug 22 2010
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About four months ago, Ed Felten blogged about a research paper in which Hari Prasad, Rop Gonggrijp, and I detailed serious security flaws in India's electronic voting machines. Indian election authorities have repeatedly claimed that the machines are "tamperproof," but we demonstrated important vulnerabilities by studying a machine provided by an anonymous source. -
Group Calls on Sharpton for Voting Flap
Les Smith Fox News Memphis Aug 18 2010
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Just hours before the official certification of the August Primary and County Election results, Memphis may be receiving a visit from political activist Al Sharpton. Sharpton may bring national exposure to what his organization believes was the reason thousands of people might have been illegally turned away at the polls on August 5th. -
Online Voting: All That Glitters is Not Gold (Unless You're a Vendor)
Dan McCrea Huffington Post Jul 20 2010
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Voting over the internet seems like a cool idea whose time has come. But, it depends on who's doing the talking. -
The Supreme Court and Corporate Free Speech
Adam Cohen Time Magazine Jul 7 2010
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When the Supreme Court ended its term last week, its ruling extending gun rights was the big news. But the real headline of the term was the court's decision earlier this year giving corporations and unions sweeping new rights to spend money to elect candidates to office. It is not an overstatement to say that the 5 to 4 decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which was handed down in January, could permanently change American democracy.




