MORE bad news for electronic voting machines. Accused in the US of flaws that could allow one voter to cast many votes, the systems have now been branded a threat to democracy in the UK.
Trials of e-voting machines and optical scanners used to count paper ballots were held during local elections last month in England and Scotland. In a report into the trials released last week, the London-based Open Rights Group says it cannot express confidence in the results of ballots which use such systems.
Observers spotted a host of problems with e-voting machines, including insecure software, error messages…
