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EFF Announces 2004 Pioneer Award Winners

Posted by simoniker on from the paper-voting-methods-used? dept.

Christopher Soghoian writes "In an announcement earlier this week, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has revealed the winners of the Thirteenth Annual Pioneer Awards. Focusing on the area of electronic voting security and accountability, they have highlighted the work of Kim Alexander, the president of the California Voter Foundation, David Dill, a Stanford Professor and founder of VerifiedVoting.org, and Avi Rubin, a professor at Johns Hopkins University who co-authored the highly publicized Diebold report of 2003."

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  1. What do they get? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Do they get to pick the next President?

  2. Re:Historians note by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Shouldn't that be +1 Whore?

  3. Which country are you referring to? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    >The recent near-tie's and questionable results >are more a matter of our own political >divisiveness and extreme political stances

    Two parties with the same agenda backed by the same people.
    I guess if you see 'extreme political stances' then actually having a multi-party system would scare you to death.

    Its almost as sad as Canada. Here we have one business owned party. Another slightly more to the right but regional so no chance of winning an election. Another party which is again regional and whose main goal is the end of the french- english farce and separation from Canada. And the lovable lefties who are around to remind us why we're the 'bestest' country in the world and to give the illusion that people have a choice.

    This sham of a democracy gives us the moral authority to criticize Americorp Inc. down south and their twiddly dee and dummer options.

    That's why we love the US; next to them we always seem like the good guys. They make us look good.

    I personally love all the BS in US politics, hearing your president Georges Kerry Jr. speak is fascinating.

    zack

  4. Don't hold your breath by Intocabile · · Score: 2, Funny

    Thanks to Bush clone, George W. Bush Jr. Junior and his revisionist history for lower taxes policy your grand children will be able to learn about technological visionaries like Darl McBride. Oddly Al Gore, while long dead is also rightfully credited for the creation of the Internet.

  5. post hoc, ergo proctor hoc by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    We need to utilize the honesty from these wonderful proctors, and harness that in whatever system of voting is brought forward.

    However, if the Diebold system of voting is brought forward, we need to utilize the services of wonderful proctologists, and put their asses in a harness!

  6. Unfortunately... by stienman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Unfortunately the ceremony was marred by an apparent 'wardrobe malfuntion' in the Diebold voting system during the final tally. During the brief time the code was naked many were shocked and offended by what they saw. One sobbing professor commented, "I took my students to see an innocent american tradition, only to have to explain to them afterwards what an 'access database' was, and how easy it was to change their votes. I'm quite certian the incident scarred them."

    Diebold denied having planned this event, while the EFF solemnly vowed to prohibit Diebold from hosting any future votes. Google indicated that this was the most replayed cache during the ceremony.

    -Adam