NYTimes: Existing voting systems marketplace practices continue to unravel

The NYTimes revealed in its article that Ciber - one of the two certified testing organizations - had actually been de-certified in the summer of 2006. This conflicts with Ciber's actions in that they had continued with New York state and other testing assignments without publically revealing this.

Furthermore the NYTimes article shows voting machines in use where voter privacy is clearly able to be compromised - a key legal requirement for NY elections.

All this raises serious questions about the level of testing performed and the nature of the testing required by the US EAC and how those tests are included into the procedures recommended.

Once again underscoring the need for open public solutions that can be scrutinized other than in closed private processes.