Home » Topics » electronic voting machines

Security experts say new electronic voting machines can be hacked

Could e-voting machines in Election 2012 be hacked? Yes. Rapid advances in the development of cyberweapons and malicious software mean that electronic-voting machines used in the 2012 election could be hacked, potentially tipping the presidential election or a number of other races. Since the machines are not connected to the…

Ill. candidate’s name misspelled as ‘Whitey’

Ill. gov. candidate Whitney spelled as ‘Whitey’ on Chicago voting machines, to be corrected An Illinois gubernatorial candidate’s name was mistakenly listed as “Rich Whitey” instead of Rich Whitney on thousands of Chicago electronic-voting machines and will be corrected, elections officials said Thursday. Chicago elections board Chairman Langdon Neal said…