First, the caveats. This proves no fraud. Of course, the below offers nice reinforcement to the already-nailed case against the Diebold (Premier) TSX, the touch screen used in DuPage County. From the Daily Herald, a suburban Chicago newspaper:
Justin Major, a voter protection lawyer for the Foster campaign, observed that the word "Republican" flashed on a touch-screen voting booth at Pioneer School at 615 Kenwood in West Chicago as though it was a primary election. The ballot was normal otherwise and the word came up only on the screen. Paper ballots were also available, and no problems were reported with the use of paper.
We don't know what this means. We do know that even with its voter-verifiable paper audit trail, the Diebold TSx is junk that needs to go.
The TSx can be hacked in multiple ways that I am too exhausted to list this evening. Check this link, go to page 159 of the pdf (page 141 of the document itself), and start reading.
Then ask yourself if the voter-verifiable paper audit trail is enough. When you do, check out this study, "The Usability of Electronic Voting Machines and How Votes Can Be Changed Without Detection." Over 60% of test subjects did not notice when votes were deliberately changed on a touch screen's review screen. Let alone an ATM-style printout to the side of the screen, in a different format.
Direct-recording electronic voting machines need to go.