The Ohio Secretary of State has cause for concern about Ohio's voting system. Using $1.9 million in federal government funds, SOS Jennifer Brunner commissioned an EVEREST Report that recently concluded that Ohio's voting system contains “critical security failures.” EVEREST stands for Evaluation & Validation of Election-Related Equipment, Standards & Testing. Some of the Report's key recommendations include eliminating precinct-based optical scanning machines, converting to bar code ballots that can be read by an AutoMark machine, and centralizing vote counting. Interestingly, the Report commented that Ohio's system is too dependent on humans, who are prone to make errors. In response to the report, the SOS is calling for fundamental change. Click here to listen to a videotaped message SOS Brunner on youtube.com.