US e-voting machines are (still) woefully antiquated and subject to fraud
With fewer than 24 hours before polls open for the 2016 US presidential election, consider this your periodic reminder that e-voting machines expected to tally millions of votes are woefully antiquated and subject to fraud should hackers get physical access to them.
A case in point is the Sequoia AVC Edge Mk1, a computerized voting machine that will be used in 13 states this year, including in swing states such as Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. The so-called direct-recording electronic vote-counting system has long been known to be susceptible to relatively simple hacks that manipulate tallies and ballots. Researchers from security firm Cylance are driving that point home with demonstration hacks. The first one causes one or more votes for one candidate to count as votes for that candidate's rival. A second one alters the names as they appear on the electronic balloting screen.