[IP] more on WaPo: Webb's name cut off from voting machines

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
Date: October 24, 2006 2:31:31 PM EDT
To: Joseph Lorenzo Hall <joehall@gmail.com>
Cc: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>, Dave Farber  
<dave@farber.net>
Subject: Re: [IP] more on WaPo: Webb's name cut off from voting machines

On Oct 24, 2006, at 2:25 PM, Joseph Lorenzo Hall wrote:

> > Sounds to me like the vetting process failed when they changed the
> > font and didn't notice the Names Of Candidates were not appearing
> > properly.
>
> This is where election systems get fun... you can imagine the names
> they used were short in comparison, not actual candidates names.  Like
> "Abraham Lincoln", etc.
>
> > Exactly what tests did they perform that didn't include reading the
> > screen?
>
> That's part of the problem... the input in to the testing process is
> confidential and proprietary (it's the vendors trade secrets), the
> test plan is proprietary (the testing laboratories claim this as they
> have to compete against each other) and the output test report is
> proprietary (the vendors trade secrets).
>
> A new system is currently being put into place where the input and
> output would be public (and possibly redacted).  We're pushing for the
> publication of test plans as well. -Joe

Sounds pretty friggin' pathetic to me.

This is the "protection" the federal gov't gives to our Most Basic  
and Important right?

Geezuz.  Things are worse than I thought.  (And I thought they were  
pretty bad....)

--
TTFN,
patrick



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