Post-Election Audit of Memory Cards for the November 2008 Elections (PDF)
While issues surrounding electronic voting machines remained largely off the radar during the 2008 election, important questions about their security and efficacy remain. A new report from the Voting Technology Research Center at the University of Connecticut discusses the results of a post-election audit of that state’s machines’ memory cards, finding that while all cards used in the election were properly programmed, there is still room for improvement.

Read the report here (PDF).
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