Minimal Effort Not Made

Somebody does not seem to understand, or want to understand, why computer activity gets logged. Computers used in California elections did not log deletions, operator changes, or have correct timestamps.

Here is the state of California’s report on the its findings about lost ballots on election day, November 2008 (PDF). The introductory paragraph:

This report describes how a serious software programming error in GEMS version 1.18.19 caused the loss of 197 tallied ballots in the November 4, 2008, General Election. The report also describes several deficiencies in the audit trail logs in GEMS version 1.18.19.