Number: RL32139
Title: Election Reform and Electronic Voting Systems (DREs): Analysis of Security Issues
Authors: Eric A. Fischer, Domestic Social Policy Division 
Abstract: In July 2003, computer scientists from John Hopkins and Rice Universities released a security analysis of software purportedly from a direct recording electronic (DRE) touchscreen voting machine of a major voting-system vendor. The study drew public attention to a long-simmering controversy about whether current DREs are vulnerable to tampering that could influence the outcome of an election.
Pages: 32
Date: Updated November 4, 2003