ELECTION HACK SMACK--Joe McGinnis, right, of Election Systems & Software, (ESS) gives Sen. Mark Mallory, D-Cincinnati, left, a demonstration of his firm's electronic voting machines, at the Ohio Statehouse, in Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday, Aug. 7, 2003. Mr. McGinnis, who is now a former employee of ESS allegedely had access to the main computer that is used to create the ballot and compile election results, in Auglaize County, Ohio prior to the Nov. 2, 2004 election. See The Daily Koss and BUZZFLASH. (Jack Kustron/Photoj.com)