Humboldt County CA has found a way to double-check their proprietary voting system results.
The first step is to scan all the ballots in a secure, controlled environment. The second step is to feed those images in to an open source program to perform a count. Guess what they found? The Diebold software somehow failed to count 216 ballots. Here is the calm, factual blow by blow from a volunteer developer on the project.
The most interesting part to me is that the scanned ballots are digitally signed and available for all to review. Now that's transparent. Unlimited recounts by whomever wishes to put forth the effort. You don't think the media outlets might want to get their hands on the ballots during a controversial recount? This is the future of elections. Congratulations to all who were a part of making this happen!
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