I can't help but ask if one of the reasons this bit of news has not been published is that it has not come from a trustworthy source. What better way to discredit an ousted politician than for the new government to discover obvious signs of corruption?
Also, the numbers cited in the article as the fake results are not very believable, with each value ending in 0. If you were to fake election results, wouldn't you try just a bit harder?
(This is not to say that this bit of news might not be true, or that Zelaya might not be guilty of corruption, but that we ought to take such convenient news with a grain of salt).
She reached legal drinking age this year (21 where I live), but so far she's been very responsible with her drinking. (Probably has something to do with the price of gasoline).
The only problem with our (San Mateo County's) voting machines are that they are absolutely impossible to use. Rather than an intuitive GUI and a touch screen they use a scroll wheel and a selection of buttons. I'm great with computers, but I always second guess my selections with those machines...
I do like the paper trail, and the fact that you can view it behind the plastic, but the fact that the machine takes the paper (rather than having it in hand) does bother me a bit. Who knows what happens to the paper once it's sucked back into the black box? Part of a successful vote is inspiring trust in the populace, otherwise they will all simply stay home! Who wants to take time to cast a vote that might not count?
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I can't help but ask if one of the reasons this bit of news has not been published is that it has not come from a trustworthy source. What better way to discredit an ousted politician than for the new government to discover obvious signs of corruption? Also, the numbers cited in the article as the fake results are not very believable, with each value ending in 0. If you were to fake election results, wouldn't you try just a bit harder? (This is not to say that this bit of news might not be true, or that Zelaya might not be guilty of corruption, but that we ought to take such convenient news with a grain of salt).
She reached legal drinking age this year (21 where I live), but so far she's been very responsible with her drinking. (Probably has something to do with the price of gasoline).
The only problem with our (San Mateo County's) voting machines are that they are absolutely impossible to use. Rather than an intuitive GUI and a touch screen they use a scroll wheel and a selection of buttons. I'm great with computers, but I always second guess my selections with those machines... I do like the paper trail, and the fact that you can view it behind the plastic, but the fact that the machine takes the paper (rather than having it in hand) does bother me a bit. Who knows what happens to the paper once it's sucked back into the black box? Part of a successful vote is inspiring trust in the populace, otherwise they will all simply stay home! Who wants to take time to cast a vote that might not count?