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Paper Trails Don't Ensure Accurate E-Voting Totals

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the keeping-them-honest dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In an new report from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation they say that paper trails increase costs and can actually reduce the chances a voters' choices are accurately counted. Congress is considering a 'Voter Confidence and Increased Accountability Act of 2007,' which would mandate 'voter-verified' paper audit trails."

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  1. Anti-Privacy and Anti-Citizen by Jah-Wren+Ryel · · Score: 5, Informative

    Just a quick browse of their "ITIF in the news" page and it looks like they are big fans of Real-ID and RFID tagging in general. On network neutrality they appear to be in favor of just leaving it up to the FCC to determine on a case-by-case basis what telecomm companies are abusive and which aren't - no legislation required, and their justification seems to be that some of the proposed legislation has been over-the-top (typical FUD about preventing telecomms from 'innovating').

    Who funds these people?

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    When information is power, privacy is freedom.