An anonymous reader points out a story in the Huffington Post about the status of funding for election voting systems . It contains an interesting section in which Chris Riggall, a spokesman for Premier ( formerly Diebold ) acknowledged that less money is spent making an electronic voting machine than on a typical ATM. The ironically named Riggall also notes that security could indeed be improved, but at a higher price than most election administrators would care to pay. Also quoted in the article is Ed Felten, who has recently found some inconsistencies in New Jersey voting machines. From the Post: