A few years back Tech TV had a short segment on how a voting machine
could be rigged.  It included a little demo:  If a challenger's votes
close in on the front runner the machine could change votes until the
lead is retained.  They referred to a previous show.  This one is key.
 If both are available, great!
Thank you,
Carl

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 06 Aug 2006 12:42 PDT

"March 02, 2004...
On Cable channel TechTV's 'The Screen Savers' last week, [Johns
Hopkins computer science professor Avi Rubin] demonstrated how, in
theory, touch screen voting could have an 'easter egg' for ballot
stuffers in-the-know to modify the results on a machine."

Sign On San Diego: Political Lunacy
http://weblog.signonsandiego.com/news/weblogs/luna/archives/003031.html

I believe the article quoted above is referring to a portion of
Episode #2443 of "The Screen Savers" called "Hack the Vote":

"Hack the vote
Avi Rubin, author of "Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the
Wily Hacker," exploits the flaws in electronic voting systems."

http://www.g4tv.com/screensavers/episodes/2117/Secrets_of_Dolby_City_of_Lost_Children_Hack_the_Vote.html

Is this the show you're looking for?

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Clarification of Question by car13lin-ga on 06 Aug 2006 14:26 PDT

Yes, that's probably it...but there is no video...just referral to
articles he's written.  Can you find the little video(s)?
Thanks,
Carl

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 06 Aug 2006 14:49 PDT

Sorry, I wasn't able to locate a video of the show. G4TV has quite a
few clips from the old "Screen Savers" show, but I couldn't find this
one. I hope another Researcher can help.

Avi Rubin's website has several other video and audio clips in which
Rubin discusses security issues related to electronic voting:

http://www.avirubin.com/vote/

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Clarification of Question by car13lin-ga on 07 Aug 2006 08:52 PDT

OK.  I'll contact him.  Perhaps he has access to a copy.

Please use this note to get payment of the $25.- fee.

Thanks,
Carl

Thank you for accepting my findings as your official answer. I have
reposted the material below.

"March 02, 2004...
On Cable channel TechTV's 'The Screen Savers' last week, [Johns
Hopkins computer science professor Avi Rubin] demonstrated how, in
theory, touch screen voting could have an 'easter egg' for ballot
stuffers in-the-know to modify the results on a machine."

Sign On San Diego: Political Lunacy
http://weblog.signonsandiego.com/news/weblogs/luna/archives/003031.html

"Hack the vote
Avi Rubin, author of 'Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the
Wily Hacker,' exploits the flaws in electronic voting systems."

G4TV: The Screen Savers Episode #2443
http://www.g4tv.com/screensavers/episodes/2117/Secrets_of_Dolby_City_of_Lost_Children_Hack_the_Vote.html

Avi Rubin's website has several other video and audio clips in which
Rubin discusses security issues related to electronic voting:

Avi Rubin: E-voting Security 
http://www.avirubin.com/vote/

Very best regards,
pinkfreud

You found the site.  I was hoping to find a video clip to
download...but this information is very good.  Thanks to pinkfreud-ga
Carl

Related to voting scandals and scams, but not TechTV:

http://blackboxvoting.com

Links and information about Diebold machines and other electronic voting mishaps.

There was at one point in the distant past an ebook that I believe was
hosted by the same site (but may have been another one with a similiar
theme). The footnotes of said ebook listed hundreds of specific
verifiable cases of known miscounts and incompatible data sets. The
one that stunned me most was a county of 5,000 voters with a vote
count for one party of... NEGATIVE TWELEVE THOUSAND. That's right, the
final count for one party was a negative number of a greater magnitude
than twice the amount of voters.

- bookface-ga