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John Edwards on Open Source Voting Machines

Posted by Zonk on from the let's-get-an-interview-set-up dept.

goombah99 writes "John Edwards, the presidential candidate and lawyer, is standing out from the pack by showing himself to be a bit tech savvy. In 2003 he was a guest host on Lawrence Lessig's Blog, giving his view on the imbalance between property right protection and the good of public access. As of this week he has become the first presidential candidate to support 'open source code' for election systems in addition to voter verified paper records. He's even personally using Twitter. 'Currently, software used in election systems remains the proprietary property of vendors. This situation has created a continual problem when anomalous results have been reported and independent experts are denied the ability to review how the systems work. A growing body of critics oppose this privatization of the voting system.'"

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  1. John Edwards' secret Twitter log by JonTurner · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    After a little hacking, I was able to obtain a partial Twitter log. It's not pretty:

    29Jun07 - 8:00am - Wake up, shower
    29Jun07 - 8:12am - brush my silky, gorgeous hair. Daub on that Dippity Do.
    29Jun07 - 8:17am - examine hair in mirror, fixed a few errant strands. Close call.
    29Jun07 - 8:27am - breakfast
    29Jun07 - 8:36am - Re-check shiny, perfectly coifed hair. All is well.
    29Jun07 - 9:00am - begin daily policy briefings.
    29Jun07 - 9:30am - too much iced tea. Bathroom break.
    29Jun07 - 9:33am - Confirm hair status in bathroom mirror. Lookin' sharp!
    29Jun07 - 10:00am - Rough morning. Need powernap
    29Jun07 - 10:37am - EMERGENCY! Hair was ruffled during nap. Sending a carbon-spewing jet to pick up my stylist for emergency combing session. ...