ALERT: IS YOUR VOTE COMPROMISED?

Despite millions of calls to switch back to strictly paper ballots, lawmakers have still not heeded the calls and warnings of computer experts. It came to my attention this friday that in Pinellas County, Florida- A duo of viruses were introduced to the network of ballot stations, bringing into question the validity of the vote.

Two pieces of malicious software were recently discovered on voting stations across Pinellas County.The two bugs, known as Flush.G and W32.SillyDC, work in tandem and go from computer to computer redirecting Internet browsers to sites the user hasn't selected, officials said. The worm is carried through removable media like USB drives, is easily detected and, officials say, rather harmless.

Pinellas Deputy Supervisor of Elections Rick Becker said the worm isn't the kind of Trojan horse that would be used to corrupt a computer voting system and was unsure just where it came from.

Many E-Voting companies love to market the security of their products, stating that since they are not connected to an external internet, that they are exempt from exploitation. However, a proof of concept attack was done by Princeton students against the DieBold voting machines. In this attack, they introduced a virus which self-propogated throughout the systems and switched votes from candidate A or candidate B, and gave them to candidate C.

Are you tired of feeling like your vote doesn't matter? Write to your state or local congressman and encourage them to switch to strictly paper voting.