or at least food for thought on the law of unintended consequences................
First we have a major push for voter ID. As this ball rolls along the "perception" will be that elections are now MORE secure..
Than, unfortunately, we get this:
Quote: Voting machines used by as many as a quarter of American voters heading to the polls in 2012 can be hacked with just $10.50 in parts and an 8th grade science education, according to computer science and security experts at the Vulnerability Assessment Team at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. The experts say the newly developed hack could change voting results while leaving absolutely no trace of the manipulation behind.
“We believe these man-in-the-middle attacks are potentially possible on a wide variety of electronic voting machines,” said Roger Johnston, leader of the assessment team “We think we can do similar things on pretty much every electronic voting machine.”
The Argonne Lab, run by the Department of Energy, has the mission of conducting scientific research to meet national needs. The Diebold Accuvote voting system used in the study was loaned to the lab’s scientists by VelvetRevolution.us, of which the Brad Blog is a co-founder. Velvet Revolution received the machine from a former Diebold contractor
Diebold voting machines can be hacked by remote control - 2012 Elections - Salon.com
Being a nerdy thing it has the distinct disadvantage of having the yawn and fantasy factor attached.. like "oh that's too far fetched".....
Leading me to the conclusion that, if in fact, elections get "electronically" rigged nobody will see it nor believe it since we now have "ID" in place..
Fantasy, fiction, or a real possibility........kind of a buzz kill isn't it.........
So lack of voter ID will keep people more aware while voter ID will lull them into complacency......
Conspiracy, law of unintended consequences, or just plain "unlikely"???