When security researchers show how to hack a voting machine, is it just a stunt that couldn't happen in the context of a real election?
Princeton researcher Dan Wallach talks about the difference between what his team did and what a real attacker would have to do. The bottom line is that a real attack would be a bit more work, but not prohibitively so.
His full article is at http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/?p=1304. Excerpts below.