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E-voting to be a 'Train Wreck'?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the vote-malda-in-2004 dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Seattle PI has published an AP story about the problems with E-Voting. Her conclusion is that there will be so many problems with the more than 100,000 paperless voting terminals to be used in the November presidential election that the fiasco will dwarf Florida's hanging chad debacle of 2000."

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  1. A hunch by blackula · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Of course, if Kerry should win, the voting machines have passed the test! They can be used in every future election, all across the world!

    However, if Bush should steal another election, then the voting machines have failed , probably because the evil Bush rigged them to count 5% of the votes for Ralph Nader!!!!! WHEN WILL THE MADNESS END!!?!?!?

  2. The US has bigger problems to worry about! by idealego · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Maybe the US should focus on making their President the person who actually wins the election and worry about optimizing the process some other time?

  3. Re:Agreed by TheKidWho · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    4. Use Linux to drive the system.

    Yes!! And not only will it allow SAFER voting but it will also CURE ALL diseases!!

  4. So G.W. can be president again without getting.. by takochan · · Score: 1, Flamebait



    So George W. can get to be president without winning the election again!!

    Yay!

    [sarcasm off]