Thought experiment

[unixronin]

cipherpunk posted yesterday about a paper on the weaknesses of DRE voting machines.  And it got me thinking.

Suppose that every state, when requesting bids for voting machines, were to include a clause like the following in the request for proposals:

"n.  By submitting a bid in response to this request, you grant permission for an independent security audit of the submitted voting equipment prior to completion of the bid process, said audit to be performed by agents including but not limited to an agent or multiple agents appointed by $state, and agree to cooperate fully and in a timely manner with any and all such audits."

I think the results might be interesting.  Discuss.

Comments

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

And were outshouted by many such who insist - DEMAND - that since almost no prosecutions have taken place, that it's proven that voter fraud doesn't exist.

By that logic, none of Ted Bundy's victims were a problem until he was actually caught and put on trial. Ditto the Green River Killer or any other serial killer in history.

In my opinion, it shouldn't be just for voting machines, but any equipment purchased with tax dollars. DUI machines. Blood testers. Red light cameras (aha! they're leased! (just for that very reason)).

I'd go along with that.