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Computer Scientists Rally for Reliable Voting System
Kim Alexander writes "Silicon Valley computer scientists, led by Stanford professor David Dill are asking Santa Clara county to purchase a new computerized voting system only if it provides a voter verified paper trail. Their concerns are based on the lack of adequate testing of these voting systems, and the fact that the software is closed-source and proprietary. Requiring a voter-verified paper trail will mitigate many of these problems. Dill's 'Resolution on Electronic Voting' has been endorsed by prominent computer scientists from all over the country, including Ron Rivest. Counties all over California and the US are going through a similar process. Patriotic nerds who want to do something to help protect our fundamental right to vote with confidence that our votes will be counted can help by contacting their state and local reps, writing letters to supervisors and getting informed!"
SCOTUS is going to be pissed if they find out they've got competition at rigging elections.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Hear, hear!
I am tired of 'get out the vote' drives that are essentially 'political activists' rousing all the senior citizens out of the high rise to vote for the candidate they've engineered to win.
Voting shouldn't be difficult or inconvenient, but 'get out the vote' efforts need to end. We need less politics and more common sense in government. Less activism. Government should be small, boring, and have limited power over us.