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Buggy Voting Machines

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the spelling-it-out-for-the-people dept.

dkleinsc writes "The NYTimes is running an article arguing in layman's terms that voting machines are inherently buggier (Sperm sample required. Sorry ladies) than most software systems because they are not tested properly. A fun quote: "Extensive discussions are under way at sites like VerifiedVoting.org, CalVoter.org, and the "news for nerds" forum Slashdot.org about inexpensive, practical ways to make automated voting as reliable as, say, buying books online. Their recommendations make sense."" We makese sense? Wah?

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  1. Re:I have a very simple solution! by bairy · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    You mean like, rig the vote by deciding who will win, then doing everything to make sure Bush does?

    Yeah like they'd get away with that! Oh, hang on a minute...

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  2. Re:blackboxvoting.com by slashname3 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    hmm, your list starts with a. and ends with 16. Plus it jumps from b. to 6. Maybe that is why Democrats can't vote correctly, they are unable to count or make a list the enumerated correctly.

    BTW: it is time to get over it. The election is over lets move along. Nothing more to see here. Give it try next time. But if the economy continues to improve over the next 4 years and the war in Iraq is concluded the Democrats major issues will have gone away. hmm, wonder what they will try then?

  3. Volunteer army indeed... by imaginate · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What do you call this?

    Or this?

    Or this?

    Beyond that, the point is that a president does *have the power* to instate a draft, and it seems worth having a president who understands the full implications of that power.

    In any case, I find it strange that you call Bush and Kerry children during Vietnam, but yet our all-volunteer military is mostly composed of persons the same age. If today's 18 year-olds are adult enough to make such a binding decision, wasn't Bush old enough not to make a "childish" decision during Vietnam?

  4. Re:Why the Democrats lost the election by dave420 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Hahaha! Your points would come across a lot more succinctly if you knew the difference between Austria and Australia. Are you American, perchance? :)

  5. Re:... there'd be no "controversy" - baloney by CrimsonAvenger · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Clinton won twice with far greater margins

    Of course, Clinton never quite managed a majority of the vote. 43% and 49%, as I recall.

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