Friday, February 1st, 2008

Voting Machine Update

Array.alttext

Recently installed voting machines, Barnesville, Maryland, 1944. Photo by Lewis Walker. Library of Congress image.

The election season is in full swing, with the 'Super Tuesday' primary just days away. Communities around the country have adopted different types of electronic voting machines in the hopes of avoiding another 'hanging chad' situation like the one that marred the 2000 presidential race. However, some communities are reconsidering their approach.

Maryland recently announced that it would be moving away from entirely electronic systems to ones in which paper ballots are read by electronic scanners. Florida and California have also turned away from all-electronic 'touch screen' designs. In this segment, we'll check in with computer security expert Avi Rubin about how states are using electronic voting systems.

Guests

Aviel Rubin
Professor, Computer Science
Technical Director, Information Security Institute
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

Related Links

Segment produced by:Annette Heist

Science Jobs
JMP
Tasty Mug
Support for Science Friday provided in part by the Noyce Foundation
and
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
The National Science Foundation
Research Corporation for Science Advancement