] DRE (direct recording electronic) voting systems have ] been widely criticized elsewhere for various deficiencies ] and security vulnerabilities: that their software is ] totally closed and proprietary; that the software ] undergoes insufficient scrutiny during qualification and ] certification; that they are especially vulnerable to ] various forms of insider (programmer) attacks; and that ] DREs have no voter-verified audit trails (paper or ] otherwise) that could largely circumvent these problems ] and improve voter confidence. All of these criticisms, ] which we endorse, apply directly to SERVE as well. there are a bunch more issues brought up, but this one is enough for me. not good. |