Reply #9: GregD, thanks for the link. The report does however relate to

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issues today in that their concerns address the following;
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Our conclusions are summarized as follows:

1. 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.
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This is the heart of the argument concerning all computer generated voting and tabulation, be it DRE or opscan. How much did these concerns have to do with DOD canning SERVE. It seems that that is the question.