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Indecision 2002

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the if-voting-could-change-anything-it-would-be-illegal dept.

The most common story submission about the U.S. elections held today seems to be that the consortium which typically conducts and reports exit polls has encountered technical difficulties. If only they'd had an open beta program... There have also been a number of stories highlighting problems with new electronic voting machines, a topic Slashdot has hit several times in the past. CNN, the NY Times, and essentially every other U.S. news outfit are following the election results as best they can.

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  1. International observers in Florida by Black+Parrot · · Score: 5, Interesting


    The most interesting thing I've heard on the news today is that one of the international organizations that monitors elections in the Third World is monitoring the election in Florida this time.

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    Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
  2. Saw this one coming by PizzaFace · · Score: 5, Interesting
    The Washington Post reported in August that, while VNS management was blowing sunshine, VNS's programmers were quietly doubting they could finish the system by the non-negotiable deadline of election day. Although this was one of the most significant and closely contested congressional elections in decades, there was no option of falling back on the old system, which made two notoriously erroneous projections in the 2000 presidential election.

    Now, if VNS were as good at predicting the outcome of software development projects, as they are at predicting election results... Hmmm, maybe the problem is, they are.

  3. Goddamn but /. is late by Henry+V+.009 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Speaking of elections--Today was the election, but slashdot didn't even run a story asking geeks to vote. You'd think that a site that cares so much about "Your Rights Online" would at least point out a couple of candidates who have either very bad records on such things or very good records. You know, if all we do is whine about the DMCA, congress-critters will continue to screw us over. Voting, and getting other people to vote will make them sit up and take notice. Well, maybe 2004.