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It's pretty easy when you look at the vote tallies for your county and see that the candidate you voted for is showing zero votes. That makes it obvious that the original count is wrong.

Uncertainty is when you vote is being counted by black box machines made by a company that employs know felons in key management areas.

Uncertainty is when 56% of the population doesn't even show up to vote, because they do not feel represented by either of the two available choices.

I don't live in the US, but I have an interest in the US politics in the sense that US is in fact the only superpower and in our globalised (and Americanised) world, everything that happens in the US quickly spreads elsewhere as well because of the global interconnectedness and the special position of the US in the world. Of course there is a personal reason for my interest in the US politics as well, as it is a place I would enjoy living if it were run by a sane president (such as Dr Ron Paul).

Of much more relevance to geeks and nerds is to see who well-known free software and open source activists support. RMS, for instance, supports Kucinich (who is off the magazine's matrix, why? and by the way he is a candidate that I do not support, but I think that even those who I disagree with have a right to have their views heard) and the Green Party (on which I have a slightly positive opinion, but I haven't researched it much). However, he also partially supports the one and only candidate that I also support*, Dr Ron Paul , and he explains his reasoning here: "The only Democratic or Republican candidate, aside from Kucinich, that clearly stands for human rights, democracy, and an end to torture, secret prisons and the occupation of Iraq is Ron Paul. I urge Republicans to support him for that party's nomination".

* Saying "support" however must be understood as "support among the available and reasonable options", and I also generally believe that politicians in general are not the most ethical people of the planet, and I know that most of them change their ways after they get elected and don't carry out their programmes, but some are better than others, and I think Ron Paul is the best among all the candidates (albeit I have some disagreements over his positions on the UN), and I actually should also say that I like him as a person, at least based on his writings. Unfortunately I can't vote for him, as I am in EU and not an American, although if he wins and makes the US a reasonable country to live in and removes all stupid laws introduced by Bush et al, I would certainly consider instant relocation, as I regard US among the best places to run a business (especially compared to here in EU where entrepreneurship is many times seen with suspicion)... in fact the presence of Bush was one of the primary objections to me even visiting the US for travel or business, let alone living there. I have a special interest in the 2008 elections because these are the elections that will determine whether the fascist reforms introduced by the Bush administration are going to be repealed as a historical paranoid mistake or kept as the new gospel. Apart from Kucinich and Dr Ron Paul, the other candidates who are well-known and have a chance of winning are most likely going to keep a few or most of Bush policies. Kucinich and Dr Ron Paul are the two only candidates who are most likely to reverse the trends that currently destroy the American culture and civics, and I think the most sane choice among those available is Dr Ron Paul. By the way Dr Ron Paul supports homeschooling, which is the best way to educate gifted future geeks and nerds.

I like a lot of what Ron Paul stands for, but his stance on healthcare is a deal breaker for me. If "promote the general Welfare" can't be reasonably and trivially interpreted to mean the health of the citizens, then it never meant anything in the first place as far as I'm concerned.

Because of Paul's present declared stance on healthcare, my vote will go to Kucinich. If Paul becomes more enlightened on this issue (which I doubt, as this is a matter of considerable self-interest to him), I'd be very pleased to vote for him.

While I agree with Paul that the present government mismanagement of healthcare is reprehensible, I don't think that means that the best way to handle it is to let the individual citizen play Russian Roulette.

Sadly, electing a president is only a fraction of what needs be done, and the races in the senate and house do not get the attention they need to elect candidates that would let a president actually accomplish a serious reform platform they were elected on. Assuming such a president can even be elected, which is optimistic to say the least.

The primaries haven't even started yet. And there is a certain candidate from Ohio that may try to roll it back. He is the ONLY candidate to have voted against the Patriot Act. In theory there's still hope. In practice? Well, that's different. Most people will vote to keep things the way they are out of fear, greed, or some other self interest. Here's hoping for an epiphany.

Where's the damn reset button?

Haven't seen or heard anything specific to online privacy. I'd be willing to be it's low on the list of issues for most.

I'd guess Dennis Kucinich given his website statements regarding the Patriot Act and other government policies that deal with (directly or indirectly) an individual's privacy. I would expect that view extends to the online world.

Haven't seen or heard anything specific to online privacy. I'd be willing to be it's low on the list of issues for most.

I'd guess Dennis Kucinich given his website statements regarding the Patriot Act and other government policies that deal with (directly or indirectly) an individual's privacy. I would expect that view extends to the online world.

Furthermore, the Democrats who are most fervently anti-war have strong negatives themselves.

So tell me, what's wrong with Dennis Kucinich?

Dennis Kucinich has a good record on this and many other issues too. From his campaign site:

A corrupt campaign finance system, coupled with vulnerable electronic voting have eroded America's confidence in our elections. The USA Patriot Act and secret strategy meetings to set policy tear into the very concept of We the People. As President, Dennis will protect individual liberty and privacy and restore balance and fairness in America's electoral system.

Democracy can not flourish when the government shrouds itself in secrecy and citizens lose their privacy. It should be the other way around.

The emphasis is mine.

Oh and if you or anyone could bother to reply, another question: why doesn't that guy Kucinich (sp?), the only one who apparently publically called for an impeachment procedure against president GW Bush, run for president?

Was that a joke?