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Doubting Electronic Voting
twitter writes "The NYT is raising the alarm on electronic voting. After citing expert opinion on the need for a paper trail, they then quote election officials and vendors who dismiss that opinion as the ignorant work of dreamers. The reporter titles his article, 'To Register Doubts, Press Here' and seems less than convinced."
Will random people get hanging chad cookies in their browsers?
Trolling is a art,
5. Two words: Digital chads
4. Chicago motto: "Log in early, and vote often"
3. In the Mayor Daley election, even dead OS's like BSD can vote.
2. You can now use Grokster and Kazaa to steal votes.
1. "I'm from Chicago. Give me two public keys".
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
May seem wierd now, but with centuries of perspective I think it will all make sense.
"Except in the US, where it can make you rich and powerful. Just ask Michael Moore."
I'm sorry, did you really mean cynical and fat? He certainly is NOT rich and powerful. Why else would he have hijacked the Oscars?
He's nervous, beause with electronic voting, a paranoid, warmongering lunatic may be able to fix an election, get himself voted in, and start an aggressive campaign of pre-emptive...oh wait.
"a truely impartial third party"? Like who? What organization is responsible enough to oversee the elections of the most powerful nation on Earth and yet has no opinion one way or another on how they should go.
The Stonecutters? Uh, wait, never mind...
And when you hear a token hit the bucket bottom with a hollow, bassy sound, you know the person just voted for the Communist party. Arrest him!
Frodo rules Brazil?
"a truely impartial third party"? Like who? What organization is responsible enough to oversee the elections of the most powerful nation on Earth and yet has no opinion one way or another on how they should go.
Microsoft.
They would be truly impartial.
They would also be truly secure and trustworthy.
(Don't believe me, just read their latest press releases! So there.)
I'll see your senator, and I'll raise you two judges.
"I think the concerns being raised are 100 percent valid," Mr. Terwilliger said. "However, they're being raised by people who have little idea about what actually goes on."
Somehow I just don't trust a man named 'Terwilliger' to *not* rig an election. He'd probably have our dead pets voting him in as mayor...
do not read this line twice.
It's not French, it's freedom. Geez, don't you pay attention...
s/French/freedom/g
IE: Do you speak freedom?
I took freedom in high school.
Would you like some freedom toast?
The key to the enjoyment of pop music is to replace any instance of "love" with "C.H.U.D."