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August 4, 2006

Electronic Voting machines, Be Scared, Be Real Scared, Long Beach

Filed under: General — admin @ 9:34 am

A security flaw found in electronic voting machines was found a few days ago.  Open Voting Foundation examined the one of the most popular paperless touch screen machine used in public elections in the United States and has determined that with the flip of a single switch inside, the machine can behave in a completely different manner compared to the tested and certified version.

With a regular screwdriver you could produce very different results than what the people put it.  With no verified paper trail, there is no way to check if the voter’s choices are accurately reflected in the tabulation.  Scary!

You can check out the Open Voting Foundation for more in-depth coverage.

Effective Rates Keep On Climbing, Long Beach

Filed under: Real Estate Local — admin @ 6:11 am

Calculated Risk notes that after twenty years of declining rates, the effective rate rose early 2004 and as of Q2 2006, it was 6.373%, up slightly from 6.315% in Q1.  There is an estimated large increase in mortgage debt in Q2 2006.  Culprits are the slow down in Personal Consumption Expenditures in Q2.

You can read more in-depth research at Calculated Risk.

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