Geake for Norwalk Common Council

This is something that truly scares me.

I have been in data processing for 28 years, as both a software developer. I have never met another technical person who didn't fear for the integrity of our electoral process given the latest generation of voting machines. Any system that doesn't leave an unalterable audit trail is open to manipulation, so machines that do not also produce a human readable paper trail are especially vulnerable. Machines whose manufacturers do not provide state voting officials with copies of their source code for examination — hiding behind "trade secret" claims — are vulnerable.

My favorite example is the Diebold machines. I could alter the results reported by these machines in fifteen seconds, and YOU COULD NOT DETECT THE CHANGE!

Congressman Rush Holt of New Jersey has been pushing for a federal ban of voting machines that are not verifiable. This is important legislation that must be passed to protect the foundation of our form of government, trust in the results of an election.

There are many ways you can express your support for Congressman Holt's efforts. One of the easiest is to sign an online petition like the one you can access by clicking here.