Buggy Voting Machines

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?

Comments

Yeah...

[krymsin01]

Some poor old grandmother is going to read that, type in the url, and end up seeing goatse. Way to go!

NYT says /. makes sense!

[mzungu]

That should have been the headline for this article.

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Automatic Vote

[RobertTaylor]

"practical ways to make automated voting as reliable"

Is the winner preselected and 'voting' automated to make it happen?! Oh wait...

Re:Automatic Vote

[aichpvee]

You know, I can see how hard it is to make good touch screen machines. I mean, I was at the grocery store the other day. And when I was doing the self-checkout thing I pressed "pay now" and it voted for Bush...

We make sense?

[Junior J. Junior III]

Something tells me that NYT reads /. with a +5 comment threshold, and deprecates "Funny".

People who voted for candidate...

[Anonymous Coward]

George W. Bush have also recommended: James Buchanan, Ronald Reagan, Dad.

I have a very simple solution!

[LegoEvan]

Why not just decide beforehand who's going to win the election and then have the ballot read

[ ] YES
[ ] DEATH

Sounds like a plan to me...

Everyone... Smile

[zoeith]

I think all slashdotters are probably smiling right now. I'm even about to cry. We're sharing a moment.

Sperm Sample Required?

[Anonymous Coward]

Cmdr Taco,

If you think ladies would have a problem providing a sperm sample, you REALLY don't get out enough.

Sincerely,

A Concerned Slashdotter

Bugged ? I'll say ...

[Gitcho]

I heard that if you pressed UP-UP-DOWN-DOWN-LEFT-LEFT-RIGHT-RIGHT-A-B-A-B it takes you to a hidden screen that lets you put in how many times you want your vote to count

Re:in canada

[GreenPenInc]

b) you place a checkmark on the candidate you wish to vote for

I bet the winner looks pretty funny when the election's over!

Re:China: Deliberately Rigged Voting Machines

[sponger]

yeah well here in america actually GW won fair and square. i think we hold the most transparent election process in the world

Re:Bush's MANDATE

[krymsin01]

We Americans are too busy watching out for boobies on TV that might offend our tender sensibilities, we don't have time to worry about things that don't matter like elections. God wanted Bush in office, and that's the way it's going to be.

Re:One for the ladies

[skids]

No, they won't delete them. As the "bugmenot" plugin page points out, they don't want trash in their database any more than we enjoy putting it there. So having everyone who would normally create an account saying they are a 17 year old transgender grandmother who works in a sewage treatment plant use the same account cuts down on the crap.

(With apologies to any 17 year old transgender grandmothers I may have offended.)

Re:China: Deliberately Rigged Voting Machines

[mooncaine]

It may seem funny to you, but it looks like a troll to me. I'd vote for modding the parent down to flamebait, but there's no paper balloting so I can't trust you to count my vote.

What impact?

[way2trivial]

Easy, I'll soon have a low ID#, and you'll have a godolithic one....