Diebold Quietly Patches Security Flaw in Vote Counting Software
Premier Election Solutions, formerly Diebold, has patched a serious security weakness in its election tabulation software used in the majority of states, according to a lab that tested the new version and a federal commission that certified it. Full Story »
Posted by Mike LaBonte - via Ellen Miller, Wired
GEMS can be used with both DREs and with optical scanners, but is entirely optional. Before election day it programs the machines. After the election GEMS mostly collects the results from individual machines and combines them. In Massachusetts for example, few if any communities probably use GEMS, outside of Boston.