“A former technician who worked for Hart InterCivic — a voting machine company based in Texas — has alleged that his company lied to election officials about the accuracy, testing, reliability and security of its voting machines. The whistleblower says the company did so because it was eager to obtain some of the approximately $4 billion in federal funds that Congress allocated to states in 2002 to purchase new voting equipment under the Help America Vote Act (aka HAVA).”
— Kim Zetter @ Wired
So, here is just one (or two) more reasons to use paper ballots for all elections. Read the whole article though, if the whistle-blower is telling the truth this just adds more fuel to the fire.
