Elections Chief Calls for More Secure Vote

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Elections Chief Calls for More Secure Vote
Wed Jun 9, 4:14 PM ET
By Andy Sullivan

FROM: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=575&ncid=2043&e=15&u=/nm/20040609/wr_nm/campaign_voting_dc
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Better safeguards against glitches and hacking are needed to avoid a high-tech version of the messy Florida recount battle in the 2000 presidential election, the top U.S. elections official said on Wednesday.

"We're recommending that every voting jurisdiction that uses electronic voting do something about security that they have not done before," U.S. Elections Assistance Commission Chairman DeForest Soaries said in an interview with Reuters.

It could be a printer that creates a paper trail of votes, more advanced technologies like voice identification and cryptography, or a simple random check of the machines on election day, he said.

Soaries declined to endorse a specific remedy like the printers, which some advocates say could create a reliable paper trail to guard against malfunctioning machines.

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