[ NNSquad ] "Ultra-secure" online primary in France disrupted by multiple and fake voting

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

"Ultra-secure" online primary in France disrupted by multiple and fake
voting

http://j.mp/17hqQcj  (Independent)

   "What was already shaping up as a tense and close election was
    thrown into utter confusion at the weekend. Journalists from the
    news site Metronews proved that it was easy to breach the
    allegedly strict security of the election and vote several times
    using different names.  To register their vote on-line, Parisians
    were supposed to make a credit-card payment of 3 euros and give
    the name and address of someone on the city's electoral roll.
    Metronews said that one of its journalists had managed to vote
    five times, paying with the same credit card, using names,
    including that of Nicolas Sarkozy."

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Golly, what a surprise -- NOT.

--Lauren--
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