E-Voting Problems Are Mostly User Error, Says ITAA

grcumb writes "InfoWorld is carrying a story today which mentions a press kit being distributed by the Information Technology Association of America. Its purpose? To 'help journalists put election equipment-related snafus in context.' Most e-voting problems, they insist, are [l]user issues, where people who don't know how to deal with the new technology cause delays as they seek assistance. They don't seem to feel the need for journalists to understand basic system design issues (like making sure your computer and human processes work), why testing didn't identify these problems, nor why this is better than paper ballots."

Comments

Re:The Solution is Obvious

[jav1231]

What do you expect when P. Diddy is saying "We have to teach people how to register?" C'mon! It's time for people to take some responsibility. Granted, you can do nothing about flaky machines and buggy software, but that whole "hanging chad" and butterfly ballot BS was user error. If you have to be taught how to walk over and ask an election official a question, DON'T VOTE! Stupid people shouldn't vote....period!

Re:Not very subtle, these folks

[wuice]

Only the media made a big deal about butterfly ballots in Florida. The truth is, that was just a media smokescreen for the real issue, the disenfranchisment of thousands of black voters in Florida. People who showed up on election day and were told that they couldn't vote, or were notified right before the election and then forced to go through a lengthy, complicated process to have the rights which were stolen from them restored, if they were lucky.

If it weren't for this, George Bush simply wouldn't be president today. A little more serious than some pregnant chads.