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E-Voting Glitch: 19,000 Voters, 144,000 Votes
nick_davison writes "The Indianapolis Star is reporting the latest case of 'interesting' E-voting results. Tuesday's Boone County election, using MicroVote software returned 144,000 votes from 19,000 registered voters. After much panicking and tracking down the bug, the actual number of votes turned out as 5,352. With yet another mistake, does anyone still trust closed-source electronic voting?"
With yet another mistake, does anyone still trust closed-source electronic voting?
Don't forget, open-source is the answer to everything, including life itself!
It's the machines that count the votes that count!
(ask Dubya)
I just heard some sad news on talk radio - visionary Linus Torvalds was found dead in his home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to the Linux community. Truly an international icon.
Everybody knows a proper voting system would be done in VB
'in VB, Comments start with a "'"
'this would be another comment line
'of course, there's no way to block
'groups of lines as comments,
'which gets really annoying.
Anthropic principle: We see the universe the way it is because if it were different we would not be here to see it.
Not quite everybody.
A telephone rings, somewhere in Florida...
Dubya: Jeb? Boy? Ah say, is that you, boy? I've got a little job for you.
I'm putting you in charge of the acquistition of voting software for the presidential election...
Yeah, that's right, just like last time. Use, ah say, use the same shell companies and cut outs that we used last time around. Well, not exactly the same companies, but you know the score...
Yeah, I've found a little company called MicroVote who can handle our problem... Sure, it's a mighty fine product. Reliable as all get-go...
No, not Microsoft, Micro, ah say MicroVote.. Yeah, it is a shame because Bill owes us a few favours, but son, it's still a decent investment if you get my meaning...
By the way, bro' how are the kids doing? I hear that Noelle is hanging out with Darl McBride thesee days. He's a smart guy that Darl. A little like our old buddy, Ken Lay. He's made us a few bucks through the blind family trust.
That's right, he's got little Davie Boies on the leash for him. Nice guy, Davie. Knows how to keep everyone sweet. Anyway, they've been taking IBM to the cleaners with a quasi-legal variant of the Big Store routine...
Yeah, we bought SCO at 5c a share, and we've just cashed out at $15. I can get you in now if you like? There's probably a good few years left in this one, if what McBride tells me is true, and I have no reason to doubt him. Noelle could do a damn sight worse when it comes to finding a husband...
This could be the beginning of the end of all of her problems, and the start of a flourishing business career -- somewhat like my own, in fact. You remember I used to have a taste for the white powders before I decided money and power was more important, right?
Anyway, ah say, anyway, can I leave that in your capable hands? I just knew I could. Y'awll come see me real soon now, hear?
I believe they do...and it's set to automatically record two votes every time someone votes for someone with the last name "BUSH". I hear it worked flawlessly there in 2000......
Doesn't scale?? So each voter needs to mark and count 20 things instead of 1. What's the problem?
Patrick Doyle
I mod down every jackass who puts his moderation policy in his sig. Oh, wait a sec....
You hit the nail on the head. Thanks for saying it so I didn't need to.
Patrick Doyle
I mod down every jackass who puts his moderation policy in his sig. Oh, wait a sec....