Shock. Former EAC Chair Joins Internet Voting Firm, US Troops to Lead in Internet Voting

By Geoff Ziezulewicz, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Tuesday, August 26, 2008

...the American military almost voted online in 2004. The Defense Department’s $25 million SERVE initiative would have allowed DOD cardholders to cast a ballot via a secure server. But months before the launch, some computer experts went public with security concerns, and then-Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz scrapped the plan...

But Internet voting lacks the transparency and the paper trail required for a fair election, according to Rop Gonggrijp, a hacker and founder of XS4ALL, an Internet service provider in The Netherlands. 

"You need to be independent from software" when it comes to elections, he said. "As long as you depend on the software you depend on the few people who know it. 

"And, standing outside the box, you cannot see what’s happening. That box can pretend to be innocuous while it’s actually doing evil things."

This push for dangerous internet voting doesn't surprise me when you consider that a former Chair of the Elections Assistance Commission is now working for an Internet voting company.

Paul DeGregorio, former Chair of the US Election Assistance Commission and COO of IFES, joins Everyone Counts as COO

SAN DIEGO, CA (July 9, 2007) – Everyone Counts, Inc. (E1C) today announced the appointment of Paul DeGregorio, former Chairman of the US Election Assistance Commission (EAC), as COO.

If some how internet voting spreads in spite of computer scientists and security specialists warnings, then there will be HUGE profit.