More on this subject --
How-to article on hacking vote counting program http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0307/S00065.htm
Background article with link to program files http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0307/S00064.htm
Bev Harris website -- lots of story links http://www.blackboxvoting.com/
Touch-screen machines may or may not have been tampered with already, but safeguarding the electoral system in the future seems doable -- open source software, a verifiable paper trail, and keeping it out of the hands of private businesses would be a good start.
