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Gore Vidal Savages Electronic Voting

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the something-to-think-about dept.

gribbly writes "aging author and social critic Gore Vidal savaged electronic voting in an interview with the LA Weekly. The interview deals mainly with (what's wrong with) the Bush Administration, but halfway down he says: 'We don't want an election without a paper trail...all three owners of the companies who make these machines are donors to the Bush administration. Is this not corruption?'."

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  1. Re:How much press will it get, though? by Rick.C · · Score: 3, Funny
    Given that much of the media is similarly controlled?

    But at least the press leaves a paper trail.

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  2. As noted author, Gore Vidal, was ... by burgburgburg · · Score: 5, Funny

    led away to his Guantanamo relocation center, he was quoted as saying ...oh, wait. The Official Information Minister has informed me that reporting Vidal's final statement would make me an enemy combatant, and would mean that the terrorists had won. And that would be doubleplusungood.

  3. Fine hair products by GoofyBoy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why do I care what a popular salon owner says about this issue?

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  4. Obligatory Simpsons' Reference by SplendidIsolatn · · Score: 3, Funny

    Marge: So, did you call any of your friends?0
    Lisa: Friend? [scoffs] These are my only friends.
    [holds up a book]
    Grownup nerds like Gore Vidal, and even he's kissed more boys
    than I ever will.
    Marge: Girls, Lisa. Boys kiss girls.

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  5. electronic voting/paper trail by jdruyjdruy · · Score: 3, Funny

    If we're talking about paper voting, don't paper mill companies give big bucks to the Republican party?

  6. Huh? by schon · · Score: 5, Funny

    The USA PATRIOT Act is as despotic as anything Hitler came up with -- even using much of the same language.

    Really? The PATRIOT act was written in German? :o)

  7. Re:No Paper Trail = No Trust by jimlintott · · Score: 4, Funny

    Are you saying that to migrate to a new system that we should run the new system in parallel with the old system and cross check for performance and reliability?

    You crazy bastard!!

  8. Re:How much press will it get, though? by pbox · · Score: 4, Funny

    Bravo Rush! Give it to them!

    I didn't know they let you surf from the rehab.

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