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Wisconsin Requires Open Source, Verifiable Voting

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the honesty-is-for-sissies dept.

AdamBLang writes "Previously covered on Slashdot, Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle today signed legislation that "will require the software of touch-screen voting machines used in elections to be open-source. Municipalities that use electronic voting machines are responsible for providing to the public, on request, the code used." Madison's Capital Times reports "the bill requires that if a municipality uses an electronic voting system that consists of a voting machine, the machine must generate a complete paper ballot showing all votes cast by each elector that is visually verifiable by the elector before he or she leaves the machine.""

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  1. Sounds great ... by SengirV · · Score: 0, Troll

    ... provided we stop all the dead from voting Democratic as well.

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    1. Re:Sounds great ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

      They just make up for the minority citizens who couldn't vote because of the lack of voting machines, thugs at the door, etc.

  2. Re:KISS by TheDarkener · · Score: 0, Troll

    If you're that worried about your boss firing you for voting for someone other than who he/she wants you to vote for, maybe you should stand up for yourself and quit.

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