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from the I-know-what-you-did-last-summer^W-election dept.
According to a paywalled (register for three free articles per month) article on Law.com, it is impossible to cast a secret vote using Georgia's electronic voting machines.
In a new motion for a preliminary injunction, attorneys for the Coalition for Good Governance and several plaintiff voters have asked a federal judge in Atlanta to sideline use of the state’s obsolete electronic voting machines after Oct. 1.
The plaintiffs claim that evidence obtained from state and county election officials revealed that a “unique identifier” is attached to each electronic vote cast on the 17-year-old machines. Those unique identifiers could enable “election insiders or malicious intruders” to connect each ballot to the voter who cast it, the motion contends.
The motion contends that state and county election officials have admitted that ballot image reports maintained in their electronic databases and memory cards—when combined with other election records—contain enough information to identify who cast every electronic vote in Georgia. If proven, the practice would violate state and federal constitutional provisions requiring that all voter ballots be secret.
(Score: 3, Funny) by DannyB on Tuesday June 25 2019, @09:31PM (7 children)
If so, then why haven't they consolidated that data?
Can they not emulate the successful methods of Google? Facebook? Sell not only the voters, and when and where they voted, but who they voted for -- to the highest bidder. Shirley
surelythat data is worth something.Foreign parties would probably pay good money for such interesting data.
Given how extremely divided and violently polarized our country seems to be, there must be interested domestic parties who would buy that data.
Is it possible that one or more individuals have already profited from that data?
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday June 25 2019, @09:40PM (5 children)
That data has no value.
Access to the person who has been elected is what has value, so that campaign contributions can be applied.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday June 25 2019, @09:51PM (2 children)
Influencing who gets elected obviously has some value or it wouldn't be so frequently be attempted throughout history.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday June 25 2019, @10:45PM
True. I should have written "limited value" as it's is still going to be easier and cheaper to influence one elected person.
That is presumably what the various legal money-making ventures the US ruling class set up once they get onto the gravy train.
But yes, influencing the voters has some value.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 27 2019, @03:26AM
Just like a magician giving you a "choice" of cards to pick.
Pick Warhawk Clinton the Military Industrial Complex wins.
Pick Trump, the Military Industrial Complex still wins albeit it takes a bit more work (e.g. the "Syrian Government" needs to conveniently gas babies whenever Trump wants to pull out).
The others? No-no-no, you're not supposed to see those cards and certainly not pick them.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Thexalon on Tuesday June 25 2019, @10:58PM (1 child)
Oh yes it does. You can use it to buy or intimidate votes. This in turn guarantees that the guy you bribed the most was the one who won, cutting your bribery costs in half.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
(Score: 3, Touché) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday June 25 2019, @11:23PM
I think we prefer the term "campaign contributions".
Thank you very much.
(Score: 2) by stretch611 on Tuesday June 25 2019, @11:44PM
They will not pay a single cent for information they already have.
Georgia's machines have already been proven to be insecure... A few years back researchers at Kennesaw State University in GA proved how easy it was to break into the machines and a lawsuit was filed against the state to replace them (and they didn't.)
Now with 5 covid vaccine shots/boosters altering my DNA :P