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Cringley on E-voting

Posted by michael on from the faster-better-cheaper dept.

alfredo writes "I am shocked that this story from I Cringley hasn't been sent in and posted at Slashdot. I thought the slashdot crowd would be all over this. Robert X Cringley has a take on the voting scandal a bit different than what we have seen in the past, and promises more to come."

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  1. Hush by TwistedSpring · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Cringely should really stop writing. Just about everything I've ever read by him put me in a fit of rage over his failure to raise important points or his ineptitude on realising the fundamental problems in his own proposals. The guy can argue a point like a fish can ride a bicycle. In the past his ramblings have prompted me to e-mail him up to 5 times requesting him to stop filling the internet with this sort of mindless opinionated filth, or at least make simple corrections to his articles which he inevitably fails to do (and no, I don't adopt a conceited "I AM RIGHT" attitude in my mails, I just argue a point in a polite and formal manner, backed up with numerous reputable references). I can't believe he's held his job since everything he says is usually so much flamebait and pontification. I'll be modded troll for this, but I hope at least one or two people agree with me.

  2. Re:Why no paper trail? by rjamestaylor · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    • For you younger folk, do you remember the 2000 election?

      Remember the husband/wife absentee votes from two people in a foreign embassy in a small country? The husband was appointed by Clinton. The two votes came back, and were added in when everyone was watching. I forget the country, but I'm sure there is a record somewhere because of how close the election was. Those two votes were counted in the Clinton column. So the public knows that this husband and wife, who were the only two absentee votes coming from that country, voted for Clinton. And if you watched the votes for other offices as the vote was registered (I didn't), you would have been able to ascertain who they cast their vote for other offices, such as Senator, etc.

    Are you saying that the appointees voted absentee for New York Sentor Hillary Rodham Clinton or are you confused about who ran for chief executive office in 2000?
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    -- @rjamestaylor on Ello
  3. Re:Moot? by Tony+Hoyle · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Has he won one? I missed that.

    Afganistan is now run by warlords, has restarted heroin shipments and is manifestly *not* a democracy...

    Iraq is a bloody mess and the war hasn't actually finished yet, but the news seems to be the US are too busy trying to find a way out before the next election to care about actually winning.