Hack the Vote

The phrase "Conspiracy Theory" is often used to try to suck legitimacy out of that which might appear to be suspicious. Any computer goober worth his or her salt will tell you that any computer that can be hacked will (and should) be hacked. Voting machines are computers. Logic follows. Congressman John Conyers' hearings on 2004 Voting Irregularities was relegated to being held in what amounts to a basement on Capitol Hill. Seems odd, no? In a related matter here's How to Steal an Election by Hacking the Vote, from ARS Technica, who asks that we send our elected officials the article's PDF, which is exceedingly cool.