anaesthetica's Journal: Electronic Voting Flaws Overcome by Audits?

The Washington Post examines a new study conducted by cybersecurity experts testing electronic voting machines, showing that it requires only one person with sophisticated technical knowledge to compromise the election outcome. All three major electronic voting systems have major security flaws, according to the researchers. However, they suggested that these flaws can be overcome by an audit of printed records produced by voting machines. Critics charge that the report's conclusions about security are entirely hypothetical. From the article:

"This report is based on speculation rather than an examination of the record. To date, voting systems have not been successfully attacked in a live election," said Bob Cohen, a spokesman for the Election Technology Council, a voting machine vendors' trade group.