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NY Times Endorses Open-Source Election Software

Posted by timothy on from the nice-to-inspect-the-goods-you-buy dept.

jdauerbach writes "On its editorial page today, the New York Times called for election system reform, saying among other things that 'Congress should impose much more rigorous safeguards, including a requirement that all computer code be made public. It should require that all electronic machines produce a voter-verified paper trail.'"

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  1. Practice What You Preach by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    Slashdot has joined the crusade for open source voting, yet their own moderation is the most convoluted, opaque, unveriable system you can find. And that's not to mention the absolute control editors have with mod points.

    Abuses have been rampant, especially with the addition of politics, the moderation has gone to hell.

    How about the editors making their own system open-source?

  2. People Still DON'T get it! by l0ungeb0y · · Score: 0, Troll

    Look people, using OSS over propriatary "black box" code is no answer to the REAL PROBLEM! To truly fix this broken election system, of ours we should use the ancient Babylonian system of CLAY TABLETS!

    No hanging chads, unintelligeable markings or buggy software.
    Besides, ever here of the Babylonians having such problems with THEIR ELECTIONS?? I thought not.

    I've already developed an prototype using an 8' tall cardboard box, cookie cutters and a happy-cake oven. How much did this cost me? $42.95+shipping and handling. Eat that Diebold!

  3. Re:Who Cares About Newspaper Endorsements? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    So, you're angry at the editorial board for doing it's job (being partisan?)
    As for the electoral college... you believe that it should be possible for the winner to not be the canidate who recieved the majority vote?
    About the story, it is significant because the NYT is a major newspaper that is finally coming out and announcing what people on /. have been saying for a long time: Paper trails are good.
    P.S. Maybe you should check your spelling, it would make the right-wing hate that you spew easier to understand. ("The NYT *toes* the party line"... They don't drag it around!)

  4. what does it matter? by Chiisu · · Score: 0, Troll

    our votes don't count anyways....

  5. Re:Are we sure... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    That's it. You're banned, you sick fuck.

  6. blah by CanadaDave · · Score: 0, Troll

    An endorsement from a newspaper should mean about as much as an endorsement from a celebrity.