When you least expect it, you're elected. Sequoia Voting Systems may believe that shipping its source code off to some good ol' boy in Texas is all the independent testing they require, but a New Jersey judge thinks different. She's issued subpoenas for voting machines in six NJ counties where the machines were unable to perform 3rd grade math. Meanwhile, Princeton researcher Ed Felten has looked at more Sequioa When you least expect it, you’re elected. Sequoia Voting Systems may believe that shipping its source code off to some good ol’ boy in Texas is all the independent testing they require, but a New Jersey judge thinks different. She’s issued subpoenas for voting machines in six NJ counties where the machines were unable to perform 3rd grade math. Meanwhile, Princeton researcher Ed Felten has looked at more Sequioa voting machines and says the problem is worse than he originally thought. (Felten is the same guy who demonstrated how a Diebold voting machine is only slightly harder to hack than a box of Cracker Jacks – and those machines are still in use today.)Taking leave of their census. The U.S. Census bureau will be taking notes using paper and pencil again, after completely bollixing its plan to digitize its data collection process. An ambitious plan to outfit thousands of census takers with handheld computers went awry after the cost of the machines zoomed from $1200 apiece (overpriced) to $8600 apiece. (Shades of $600 toilet seats.) Bureau officials and Harris Corp., the company commissioned to build the handhelds, have sprained their digits pointing fingers at who’s to blame. Luckily, if the paper and pencil scheme doesn’t work, they do have a backup plan: Using a chunk of coal and the back of a shovel. Got hot tips or ways to hack the vote? Post them below or email me here: cringe (at) infoworld (dot) com. Top tipsters will be elected to win cool swag. Software DevelopmentSmall and Medium Business