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Avi Rubin's Thoughts On e-Voting

Posted by timothy on from the don'-do-it-hon-don'-do-it dept.

nazarijo writes "Avi Rubin, a well regarded Johns Hopkins computer science professor and leading critic of e-voting, has written an account of his experience as an election judge on super tuesday. Maryland was experimenting with e-Voting machines. Rubin puts it this way, 'this was one of the most incredible days in my life.' He wrote his experiences immediately after the day was over, capturing his perspective on the subject. A very interesting read."

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  1. This electronic voting thing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm not so sure about this electronic voting thing. I submitted my vote for Kucinich, and the local election board moderated me "-1 Troll".

    Also, if you vote for someone more than 30 times in a 24-hour period, you get a "Slow down, Cowboy" warning. Except in Chicago.

    1. Re:This electronic voting thing by wolf- · · Score: 3, Funny

      Very true, In Chicago, breathing voters are disqualified. Only the dead need attend.

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  2. Re:Isn't It Ironic by SatanicPuppy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh yes, totally ironic. How I dread the day when CowboyNeal is illegally modded into the Oval Office.

    Moron.

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  3. Hands up then by squaretorus · · Score: 3, Funny

    Perhaps the lightest moment in the day came when one voter standing at his machine asked in the most deadpan voice, "What do I do if it says it is rebooting?" Head judge Marie turned white, and Joy's mouth dropped. My heart started to beat quickly, when he laughed and said "just kidding."

    Who was it?? I know your reading this!!!

    1. Re:Hands up then by Clover_Kicker · · Score: 2, Funny

      And all this time I thought we were doing a cascade of common grammer mistakes. My bad.

  4. My favorite quote from the article by Benw5483 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Perhaps the lightest moment in the day came when one voter standing at his machine asked in the most deadpan voice, "What do I do if it says it is rebooting?" Head judge Marie turned white, and Joy's mouth dropped. My heart started to beat quickly, when he laughed and said "just kidding." There was about a two second pause of silence followed by roaring laughter from everyone.
    This guy seems to change his perspectives a lot after he sees it in the field. I think there is a lot to worry about still but if we have people like Rubin working to make it right then we'll get there eventually.
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  5. Funny Quote by jjc2222 · · Score: 2, Funny
    From the article:
    At the end of the election, each of those cards is loaded onto one machine, designated as the zero machine. (I found it interesting that Diebold numbered the machines 0 through n-1, disproving my notion that they don't have anyone on board who knows anything about Computer Science.)
    Burn!
  6. Re:Great article, but beware the majority. by corbettw · · Score: 3, Funny

    They probably couldn't even recite the preamble to the Constitution.

    Sure they could. And they can probably do it to the same tune the Founding Fathers used.

    Weee, the Peeeople, in order to foooorm a more peeeerfect Union....

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  7. Re:Isn't It Ironic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I live in a country where phony elections were common in the last 70 years.

    Chicago isn't a country.

  8. Re:I just wrote my Rep by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    1) Code review by the NSA (or other governmental agency) to ensure that no backdoors have been added to the programs.


    You mean "to ensure that backdoors have been added".
  9. A simpler way... by bgspence · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why not a simple show of hands in the Supreme Court?