E - voting

Electronic voting today seems far from secure. Diebold voting machines keep track of votes on memory cards, which after voting, are taken to a central computer to download the results. The problem with the Diebold machines is that a program could easily be placed on a memory card that would alter the actual vote count with out any traces of tampering. If I were in charge of elections in California, I would recommend that the current Diebold machines should no longer be used. The state should start talking with computer scientists and programmers to help develop a more secure system. The new system should also include some kind of paper trail to verify results and help prevent any tampering. It's clear that there needs to be a change in electronic voting. Diebold's machines are not secure enough to be used in elections. A more secure system needs to be put into place to help make voting easier and safer.