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Evoting in the News

Posted by michael on from the your-vote-won't-count dept.

key45 writes "Just a few days after California rejects Diebold E-Voting machines, and Ireland bans e-voting too, the Information Technology Association of America (which represents election equipment makers and other technology companies) released a poll showing that the majority of Americans trust those machines. The war for public opinion is on!" Reader theRG writes "The U.S. Election Assistance Commission held hearings on May 5 about the pros and cons of electronic voting machines. They debated whether or not machines should have paper trails, and what standards should be set. Meanwhile, NPR reports on California's recent decertification of Diebold machines and on one Ohio county's switch from punchcards to electronic voting." And finally, our own OSDN has a report from the election commission meeting: Joe Barr writes "Thom Wysong has a report at NewsForge this morning on the first public meeting of the new U.S. Election Assistance Commission. Questions like whether or not a voter verifiable audit trail and open source should be mandated for e-voting solutions were the order of the day."

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  1. US Elections 2004... by CaptainAlbert · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...please, PLEASE let there be a CowboyNeal option...

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    1. Re:US Elections 2004... by eepok · · Score: 3, Funny

      There is. It's called "incumbant."

  2. how in the world does this matter by razmaspaz · · Score: 3, Funny

    released a poll showing that the majority of Americans trust those machines.

    If we based everything off what the majority of Americans trusted, we would get someone like George Bush for President.

    Oh wait, Damn!

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    1. Re:how in the world does this matter by SmackCrackandPot · · Score: 4, Funny

      released a poll showing that the majority of Americans trust those machines.

      Well of course, the poll was taken using electronic voting machines.

  3. In other news by kcornia · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Tobacco Industry Supporters Organization of America has released a study showing a majority of Americans think smoking is good for you and should be encouraged!

  4. And who built the polling machines? by Jtheletter · · Score: 2, Funny
    How much do you want to bet that the poll was taken using the evoting machines in question?

    [Sarcasm] Yeah, those numbers are totally reliable and will definitely reflect the average American opinion. [/Sarcasm]

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  5. Re:American opinion is no measure of truth by billstewart · · Score: 3, Funny
    No, no, Truth and Science in America are Republican! Just ask Rush Limbaugh....

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    BTW, one reason that Ireland rejected electronic voting machines is that the "Change the vote to Republican when nobody's looking" feature was only tested in America, and it doesn't accomplish the same thing in Ireland....

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  6. Re:My Opinion & Vote by Radon+Knight · · Score: 2, Funny
    My opinion & vote does not matter!! I am a white, heterosexual, Christian, conservative Male.

    Indeed, I hear that that group has been quite underprivileged for the past 200 years.