E-voting Hart attack?

The election world's equivalent of the Pentagon papers, or Rathergate II?

BlackBoxVoting.com, a noted critic of closed electronic voting systems and their makers, has released two memos allegedly sent to the secretaries of state in Texas and Ohio by a former technician at e-voting machine maker Hart Intercivic, outlining claims that the company faked tests, falsifed results and exaggerated the security of its voting machines.

Among the claims in the memos: Hart Intercivic allegedly did not do security testing on the model of computers that are used in the field.

"The allegation in those letters are 100 percent false," said Michelle Shafer, spokeswoman for Hart Intercivic. "The fact that Blackboxvoting.com would post those without contacting us is unfortunate."

The security of electronic voting systems has become a hot topic as the United States closes in on the November presidential elections. The new memos will only add fuel to the fire.