Voting machine controversy

Cleveland Plain Dealer ^ | 8/28/03 | Julie Carr Smyth

[Tamzee]

Hehehe...

It's been a while since I've seen a catnip thread for the Kitties :-)

[dighton]

[general_re]

Students, connect the dots!

[Lael]

Ohio 's a Lock for Bush 2004

NOWHERE does Bush have a lock!!

[chance33_98]

Gets interesting when you read other articles written by Julie Carr Smyth...

[Tamzee]

Are you familiar with a Bev Harris, perchance?

Thanks.

[jammer]

Go to the article--It is entitled "Voting Machine Controversy." Nowhere does the word "Lock" appear.

Sounds like whistling in the dark to me--and dishonest at that.

[Tamzee]

Check out: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/972311/posts

Our brand-new freeper angell2 seems to be trying awfully hard smear Bush with indications of voter fraud.

[dighton]

Angel12 was dispatched silently by our Gurkha-trained moderator.

[Poohbah]

Angel12 was dispatched silently by our Gurkha-trained moderator.

Hoo boy. Now you're going to get the paleos whining about the moderators being outsourced to Nepal. :o)

[dighton]

Sahib, I am just now LMAO.

[chance33_98]

SO then - why not give us your take on it?

[citizenx7]

The potential for fraud with electronic voting systems is unacceptable, unless there is a verifiable audit trail, using paper. Unfortunately, the systems don't have that! And furthermore, groups like the League of Women Voters don't think it is necessary!

The website that is keeping up with this issue is:
www.blackboxvoting.com . Here is a excerpt from that site:

"According to Dr. David Dill of Stanford, formal questions were posed to Wyle and Ciber about what is done to test these machines, but both declined to answer.

Dr. Dill’s statement on electronic voting has gained the endorsement of several hundred computer scientists who agreed, even before the problems were found in the Diebold system, that electronic voting is inherently unsafe. “Computerized voting equipment is inherently subject to programming error, equipment malfunction, and malicious tampering. It is therefore crucial that voting equipment provide a voter-verifiable audit trail, by which we mean a permanent record of each vote that can be checked for accuracy by the voter before the vote is submitted, and is difficult or impossible to alter after it has been checked. Many of the electronic voting machines being purchased do not satisfy this requirement. Voting machines should not be purchased or used unless they provide a voter-verifiable audit trail; when such machines are already in use, they should be replaced or modified to provide a voter-verifiable audit trail. Providing a voter-verifiable audit trail should be one of the essential requirements for certification of new voting systems."

[Tamzee]

Angell2 dispatched silently... now back boasting to her DU buddies of her brave foray into Free Republic.

I sure as heck don't mind a frank discussing about the benefits and perils of voting equipment, but her nasty agenda was pretty plain to see :-(

[djf]

The good news is, looks like a babe I used to date.
The bad news is, on a good hair day!