I've purchased a RPi Model B via Allied. They have great customer service, and a friendly sales staff. After ordering online, I got a confirmation phone call from their CS department, confirming the order and wanting to know if they could help out with any issues. One issue: Order backlog is high, but they do keep you informed of ETS. +1, would order again.

You've missed the point. Secret ballots protect each voter from reprisal for their vote. Given the heated political environment these days, I'm pretty certain that if your suggestion were followed, there would be post-election reprisals, ranging from discrimination to criminal acts.

The point is not that Diebold sold the division making the Accuvote TS. The point is that thousands of these are deployed and in use, and therefore the vulnerability is real and has an impact on the 2012 elections. Comment fail.

I'm an election judge, and I forwarded this to my county Board of Elections, with a note recommending we need to conduct a machine inspection, along with a review of how the machines are physically secured. Once the machines are fielded to the polls, usually days before the election, we need to find a way to seal them at the poll until they are used. On the subject of DRE versus other methods of vote registration/counting, I agree that DRE is still an inherently un-secure technology, but my county/state made a massive investment, and cannot afford to replace them. The best thing we can do as poll workers is to take whatever steps needed to reassure the voting public their vote is accurately recorded and secure from tampering at the poll. We have no control beyond that.

I had to take some time to consider this. I believe you're correct, and that in the long run, it will come out. Timing and context will affect as well. Thank you for your help.

that SSL was found to be compromised several months back (At least in the case of 128-bit AES). Or is that no longer the case?

I dithered over this one. Seriously. I'm in very bad shape financially. I have spent most of my life helping others. I ultimately selected right a wrong, but I wavered between that and go back a few years and invest in something. I have held the belief that helping others would be repaid in good karma, but it's harder and harder to believe that. It certainly hasn't been financially rewarding. I haven't had a full-time job in 2 years. I'm almost 50, and my age certainly hasn't helped me in the IT job market. I lopped 15 years off of my 30-year career and that hasn't helped. I realize I'm whingeing, but finding myself making a hard choice over a Slashdot survey (for Ghod's sake!) has revealed to me the depth of my emotional turmoil. I don't _want_ to be a selfish asshole, but is that really going to be the only way to survive?

Do want post-industrial punk sheep!