Judge Rules Against Ballot Computer Check
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| A judge ruled Friday that the Democrat who narrowly lost the race to
| succeed Rep. Katherine Harris cannot examine the programming code of
| the electronic voting machines used in the disputed election.
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http://money.aol.com/news/articles/_a/judge-rules-against-ballot-computer/n20061229193309990007?ecid=RSS0001
http://tinyurl.com/y7jpoo
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E-Voting Raises New Questions in Brazil
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| Some Brazilians are lobbying the tribunal to switch from Windows CE to
| an open-source operating system for the voting machines, since Microsoft
| Corp., citing trade secrecy, won't allow independent audits to make
| sure malicious programmers haven't inserted commands to "flip" votes
| from one candidate to another.
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| Fontoura confirmed that Brazil is considering a move away from
| crosoft's proprietary code -- "We are studying the possibility of using an
| open-source program like Linux in future elections. This would make the
| entire process much more transparent and far less expensive," he said.
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http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/060929/brazil_electronic_voting.html?.v=2
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