ACLU of Ohio Sues To Block Paper Ballots

Apu writes in to inform us that the ACLU is trying to block an Ohio county from moving from touchscreen voting machines back to paper ballots. While it may seem like Cuyahoga County — which includes Cleveland — is moving in a good direction from the perspective of ballot security, the system chosen tabulates all votes at a central location. This means that voters don't get notified if their ballot contains errors, and thus they have no chance to correct it. The ACLU of Ohio is asking a federal judge for an injunction against any election in Cuyahoga County it they move to the new system.

Comments

Re:In Arizona

[Grishnakh]

Good to see you can take a nice, reasoned post and taint it with partisan bullshit. Good job.

The ACLU is a partisan organization, so I don't see how the GP is doing anything wrong at all. After all, the ACLU claims to be in favor of "civil liberties" (it's in their name, after all), but then they're in favor of gun control, which goes against a very important civil liberty to many Americans. A true civil libertarian (well-known as the shortened form, "libertarian") is adamantly against gun control, and in favor of preserving civil liberties wherever possible. But the ACLU frequently works against civil liberties on this issue and many others; their actual stance is "liberal", not "libertarian". The ACLU, by co-opting the "civil liberties" term but then working against, not for, civil liberties, is the one that is partisan (and dishonest), so taking partisan shots against them is completely fair IMO.

Re:Voting is a serious activity

[benzapp]

I hope you feel better about yourself now that you've written this incredibly tedious and pointless post.

Truth be told, I don't even believe in democracy. The bigger question is why would a smart man like you believe the future of humanity should be the subject of a popularity contest?