Is the election tamper-proof? Mostly, officials say.(News)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), October, 2006 | by Sanchez, Robert

Byline: Robert Sanchez Daily Herald Staff Writer Using a screwdriver and a memory card, a Princeton University professor set out to show how quickly vote-stealing software could be uploaded into an electronic voting machine. The so-called "Princeton hack" sparked controversy as soon as video of the demonstration hit the Internet last month.

Diebold Election Systems - the maker of the touch-screen election machine tested - blasted the casual study as "unrealistic and inaccurate." Nevertheless, the findings have fueled claims that electronic voting machines across the nation are vulnerable to tampering. Closer to home, such touch-screen machines will be used next month for elections in Cook, DuPage, Kane and McHenry counties. And suburban election...