Now - Talk of the Nation Science Friday on voting

[Neal McBurnett <neal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

KCFR: 1490 AM from 12-1
http://www.npr.org/programs/scifri/index.html

After the segment on 2 new elements just discovered (113 and 115),
will be:

 Electronic Voting Technology

 The Democratic primaries are underway, and according to a recent report, electronic voting machines are keeping the counts accurate but not safe from hackers. We'll talk about whether this technology is up to the task. Could a proposed bill ensure that electronic votes can be verified?

 Michael Wertheimer
 *Director, RABA Innovative Solutions Cell

 Douglas Jones
 *Member of the board and past chair of the Iowa Board of Examiners for Voting Machines and Electronic Voting Systems
 *Associate professor of computer science at the University of Iowa

 Rush Holt
 *U.S. Representative, (D-NJ)
 *Former assistant director, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory