San Francisco__ After a couple of years under examination and hands-on demonstrations, the Diebold touchscreen electronic voting machine acquired by OVF found and purchased on eBay met its final day under a sledge hammer on the steps of the San Francisco City Hall.

This demonstration shows what it takes to change data in the GEMS tabulator component. This component is used to count votes for entire regions or states. It is alarmingly easy.

Renton, WA
Computer scientist Professor Richard Lee, Ph.D. released a declaration Thursday (8/3/06) that could prompt a re-examination and possible revocation of federal certification for certain touchscreen voting machines. In essence, the declaration states that Diebold obtained its certification wrongfully by not declaring some of the custom components of their software as custom components. This exempted these components from oversight by independent testing authorities (ITAs) assigned to the task.

SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA
This may be the worst security flaw we have seen in touch screen voting machines,. says Open Voting Foundation president, Alan Dechert. Upon examining the inner workings of one of the most popular paperless touch screen voting machines used in public elections in the United States, it has been determined that with the flip of a single switch inside, the machine can behave in a completely different manner compared to the tested and certified version.