L.A. vote system vulnerable

Voting-rights experts on Monday said Los Angeles County's electronic
voting system is vulnerable to fraud and hacking and urged officials
to return to the practice of publicly counting paper ballots.Harrison Sheppard in the Daily News.

Speaking at a hearing held to determine whether the county's
electronic system should be recertified, several independent
voting-rights activists said they had doubts about the system marketed
by Omaha-based Election Systems & Software Inc.

Secretary of State Debra Bowen decertified the county's InkaVote Plus
system in August because a vendor failed to provide information and
equipment on time to consultants performing a review of voting systems
throughout the state.