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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?

10 of 471 comments (clear)

  1. NYT says /. makes sense! by mzungu · · Score: 5, Funny

    That should have been the headline for this article.

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  2. Automatic Vote by RobertTaylor · · Score: 5, Funny

    "practical ways to make automated voting as reliable"

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

  3. We make sense? by Junior+J.+Junior+III · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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  4. I have a very simple solution! by LegoEvan · · Score: 5, Funny
    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...
  5. Everyone... Smile by zoeith · · Score: 5, Funny

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

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  6. Sperm Sample Required? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    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

  7. Bugged ? I'll say ... by Gitcho · · Score: 5, Funny

    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

  8. Re:in canada by GreenPenInc · · Score: 5, Funny
    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!

  9. Re:Bush's MANDATE by krymsin01 · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

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  10. Re:China: Deliberately Rigged Voting Machines by mooncaine · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.