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Dutch Voting Machines De-Certified

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the going-the-wrong-way dept.

Peer writes "The Dutch government has officially decided that it will no longer use voting machines (Babel Fish Translation) for elections. So it's pencil and paper from now on. Activists have been campaigning against the use of voting machines for some time."

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  1. Machines Voting by davidwr · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey everybody, let's march on Amsterdam for machine sufferage! You too Hedonism Bot!

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  2. Intolerant by dsginter · · Score: 4, Funny

    There's only two things I hate in this world: people who are intolerant of other people's cultures - and the Dutch.

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  3. Re:Machine-ASSISTED voting is cool by Gat0r30y · · Score: 3, Funny

    Picking on the illiterate in written form? Seriously? How can they retort!

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  4. Re:I figured it out by Red+Flayer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Make the ballot display on a computer screen and let the user select the options he wants. When you are done, I punches a human readable card with the results.
    Uh-oh, looks like VoteNet has become self-aware.

    First off, I hope it can parse sentences well

    Second, I hope it takes some grammar lessons.

    Finally, note to self: Voting machines are self-aware and capable of fisticuffs. Do not kick the machine for recording the wrong vote next election day... if it wants to record a vote for $CANDIDATE, I'll damn well let it.
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