March 2nd is Super Tuesday in ten states including California... and it's also a major test of electronic voting technology. Diebold Election Systems, the company at the center of the controversy, is providing the machines. Conspiracy theories abound as to who they're rooting for... especially after the CEO sent out a fund-raising letter for the Bush campaign saying he was committed to "helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes for the president next year."
A study co-authored by Stanford professor David Dill warns when the stakes are high, people will go to extraordinary measures to beat the system. He mentions other technology hacks, such as a programmer hacking the system to win a $3 million bet at the racetrack.
It's an interesting question as to whether updating technology trades in one set of problems for another.