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New Closed Source Voting Systems Malfunction

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the buchanan-wins-again dept.

LowellPorter writes "Miami-Dade and Broward counties are having voting problems. After the 2000 election problems, new voting methods were installed including touch screen technology. Some times the problems were with workers not showing up, poor training, or mechanical problems. It doesn't look like they cleaned up the system there." Not all of the problems mentioned in the article are due to the new proprietary voting machines, but many of them are.

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  1. Re:This doesn't make sense... by SN74S181 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    You're forgetting that with cardboard voting forms the votes would take a while longer to count. The media wouldn't be able to whoop up the frenzy they do following (halfway through) all elections.