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Hardly Anyone Cares About Computer Voting Problems
Avidwriter writes "It's a sad thought that Roblimo explores in a NewsForge article about computer voting fraud and how you'd think all honest politicians would be working to make sure computerized voting systems are open source, and why open source wouldn't hurt well-run voting machine companies' profits. Not that most people care, since they don't even bother to vote, right?"
Not that most people care, since they don't even bother to vote, right?
I don't know off hand, so let's put it to a vote!
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...you'd think all honest politicians would be working to make sure computerized voting systems are open source...
That assumes you could find an honest politician.
Does that count? Heck, i'm usually even honest in those polls. (-;
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Polticians even believe the voting system is totally secure, and even if it wasn't, it's not up to them to sort it out, it's up to those 'computer people'.
I have over 70 freaks, do you?
My faith in the accuracy of /. polls has been shattered!
Does this mean the Cowboy Neil option didn't really count?
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...and how you'd think all honest politicians would be working to make sure computerized voting systems are open source...
I'm sure they are doing just that. But just like with any team that has exactly zero memebers, progress is a little slow.
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For example, if we use Slashcode then Cowboy Neal would be president.
Oh the horror!
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No, it's because people don't give a rat's ass about problems in the abstract. Yes, computer voting systems have problems, but so were butterfly ballots, and nobody had even heard of those until 2000.
Only in the 2024 elections, when Wil Wheaton defeats Britney Spears amidst questionable computer voting, will you get anyone to care.
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The best way to tell is by assessing how much property they own - the more property, the better the qualification. In fact, people who own a _lot_ of stuff should probably be given more votes than poor people. Maybe there should be a minimum amount of property you can own before you even get a vote at all.
What a long, strange trip it's been.
I think we could improve on the votes/property ratio by allowing people to be property of other people. A people-owner gets the votes of the people he owns. If people want to be more powerful than corporations, than they must be bought and sold like corporations. People could have multiple shareholders, in the case of shared wives.
Tough shit. I have a moral objection to people not voting. It's one of the responsibilities associated with the benefits of a democracy.
According to the latest polls, 11 out of 5 does not care about errors in the voting system.
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