Peregrine

I am not a very overtly political person. Take a look at the list of categories on this blog and you’ll notice how little I write about politics. Sure, some of the subjects I broach here are politically charged topics (like Privacy issues, for example.

Today is Election Day throughout the United States. It is our duty and right to vote for those whom we select as our best representation to run our local, state and federal governments. The most important thing to do is to get out and vote.

However, you have to be very careful this year to ensure that your vote counts the way you want it to. Here are a few more references about the massive security problems within the commercially produced electronic voting systems being used around the country:

• The Problem with Electronic Voting Machines - Bruce Schneier
• How to Steal an Election - The Washington Post
• Black Box Voting
• National Election Archive Project (this one can be a bit preachy sometimes, but mostly is very level-headed, simple, excellent coverage of the situation)

This is a list of the 133 articles (at the time of this writing) by Bruce Schneier, one of the world’s most recognized and well regarded security experts, published regarding voting machine insecurities.

So, what are you waiting for? If you haven’t done it already, get out there and cast your vote.