To add to the drama that is electronic voting, it turns up you can open any Diebold Voting machine with the same key that is used to lock most hotel minibars (and can be bought on the internet for a couple of dollars).
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1064
Most security experts agree that Diebold's approach to security in electronic voting is a joke, but this is a new low.
Also ran across this fun article in Rolling Stone magazine on a statistical analysis of the 2004 election and how the data suggests it is virtually impossible that widespread fraud didn't occur (not that anybody is going to do anything about it)
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10432334/was_the_2004_election_stolen
Even if you argue the article is biased, there is certainly enough raw data there to make you wonder...
Carter and I went to a club tonight and played Magic the Gathering. May perhaps make it a regular Monday night thing.
