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(19,841 posts)Maryland Report - Scanners Cost Less than DREs
12/13/2010 , VerifiedVoting
A new study commissioned by the state of Maryland has just taken a close look at the relative cost of optical-scan paper-ballot voting systems compared with electronic touch-screen systems, and found that optical-scan paper-ballot systems are less expensive . These findings are timely and important not only for Maryland, but for other states as well. With Maryland's direct-recording electronic voting machines (DREs) approaching the end of their useful lifespan, the report by the Department of Legislative Services notes that using the systems becomes increasingly risky as the machines age. The report recommends that the State should move to implement optical scan systems for "long-term cost-effectiveness and cost control." and that "Maryland would spend $9.5 million less on an optical scan system than it would on a DRE system. Both [Operations and Maintenance]and capital costs are expected to be lower over the long term under an optical scan system." more at:
http://www.verifiedvoting.org/search/#q/maryland
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Another good one:
Online voter registration vulnerable to attack, researchers say | The Washington Post
10/18/2012 , The Voting News
A voting rights group and some of the nations leading researchers on election technology are urging Maryland voters to check the accuracy of their online voter registration files after warning that the data had been left vulnerable to tampering. Researchers at the University of Michigan, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and a former president of the Association for Computing Machinery wrote to Maryland officials late last month urging them to take immediate steps to better protect a new system that allows Marylanders to update their voter registration online. The letter warned that anyone with access to a Maryland voters full name and birth date could exploit a simple online tool to change the voters address, party affiliation or other information. Such changes, especially a change of address, could lead to a voters ballot not being counted normally on Election Day.
more at:
http://www.verifiedvoting.org/search/#q/maryland
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Maybe come back and tell us what you found at the voting place after you vote...just FYI about the machines.