Hack The Vote

Jim Adler, CEO of VoteHere, told the Associated Press that the company knows the identity of the hacker and had turned over evidence to federal authorities, including the FBI and the Secret Service. "We think this is political," Adler told the AP. "There have been break-ins around election companies over the last several months, and we think this is related."

One of VoteHere's primary competitors, Diebold Election Systems, based in Canton, Ohio, was reportedly robbed of internal documents last March. Adler did not identify VoteHere's suspect, but told the AP he thinks the hacker is an opponent of e-voting and is linked to the debate involving security for such devices.

In their short history, electronic voting and online elections have had a dubious past. Touch-screen computers and Internet-based voting systems were thought to be the saviors after the hanging chads and ancient lever machines of the infamous 2000 presidential election. However, experts now say such machines aren't as accurate or secure as once thought.

And with raging debate, it seems that espionage, theft and deceit are just politics as usual.