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Can America Trust Electronic Voting?
A anonymous reader writes: "The Sacramento Bee wrote an excellent article about the issues surrounding electronic voting. It was written by the Yolo County clerk/recorder and a professor of law at UC Davis. They quote sources such as Peter G. Neumann and Diebold's president Walden O'Dell."
Time for another fucking grammar lesson:
a.k.a. == also known as
i.e. == id est == that is, that is to say
e.g. == exempli gratia == for example
at least not until proper and proven security measures have been put in place and that there is at least a paper trail to follow in the event that the votes are tampered with (also known as Diebold). WRONG
at least not until proper and proven security measures have been put in place and that there is at least a paper trail to follow in the event that the votes are tampered with (that is to say Diebold). WRONG
at least not until proper and proven security measures have been put in place and that there is at least a paper trail to follow in the event that the votes are tampered with (for example Diebold). CORRECT
Are you the kind of moron that votes along party lines regardless of issues?
I think its pretty clear that there is a lack of faith in e-voting and also some mistrust of traditional forms of voting after Florida. I therefore propose that all voting be scrapped and the adoption a Supreme Leader to rule. Since its my idea I will be the first leader. My aides will be dilligently selected for their intelligence and integrity, if that just happens to be my old mates then so be it.
Obviously leadership is a great honour and a burden which I feel I can best fulfill if resident in a luxurious villa on a tropical island paradise surrounded by nubile native girls, with regular entertainment provided by Britney, Beyonce, Kylie etc. and a large collection of expensive playthings (Gulfstreams, Ferraris, Merc's, helicopters, speedboats etc).
My first order of business will the public execution of the SCO board of directors in a very public and painful manner.
And remember, we all love the Leader and are dedicated to his happiness.
Do not try to read the dupe, thats impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth
What truth?
There is no dupe
that we should have a vote on it ...
I love stacking my barbecues in the shed at the end of summer - you can't beat a bit of grill on grill action.
In Diebold America, the vote rocks YOU!
Cheers,
IT
Power corrupts. PowerPoint corrupts absolutely.
"Maybe they need another election disaster like Bush to realise it is time to have a look across the border and see how a real election is held"
You are right. The Mexican system is the best example in the world in how to run things.
Pretty Please?
By the way, if you say No, I'll become Leader of the Disloyal Opposition. And will do my best to visit upon you an appropriate Fall From Power. If necessary, I'll tell the rulers of Iraq that you possess Weapons of Mass Destruction.
Since its my idea I will be the first leader.
I call next!
Frankly, I am not as concerned about electronic voting as I am getting Americans to actually vote in the first place.
/. are:
Are you sure about this idea? The American people - if you read
* Lazy fat overweight whopper-bigmac-big bacon chees classic supersize fry eaters who
* Do nothing but argue the merits of oss vs closed source software while
* waiting for Duke Nukem Forever and
* their "exact copy" of the latest DVD or CD to be downloaded from a peer to peer network at the same time as
* they invade helpless countries led by benovelent leaders who would never threaten their neighbors, let alone their own citizens with WMD while enjoying
* free pr0n
-- $G
ever watch the morons try to check themselves out at the grocery store? i actually avoid those lanes now, because there is always some low/normal load ahead of me, inventing new depths of illiteracy and stupidity, and it's faster to wait in a line with a human cashier. now transfer this whole scenario to the voting booth.
Sacred cows make the best burgers.
I trust the hackers more than I trust the people to pick the candidates. Blah. Does it really matter? It's all corrupt anyway!