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To: CyberAnt

This one has been debunked, but others won't be. There is going to be a ton of fraud in this election, with the Rats bringing their full freak-show arsenal into play.

It's soon going to become clear that the best answer is to privatize vote collection. Working Republicans can't compete with Demos who have no job so can wait in line for 3 hours. If this was run by competing private companies, at least some would have an incentive to allow express voting for a reasonable fee (the government could pay one contractor to insure that everyone could still vote for free, if they wanted to wait long enough, and also to trust the low-ball contractor).

All the details could and would be worked out by private enterprise: A registration scheme similar to that used for internet domain names could allow multiple competing voting companies without worrying about redundant votes, and auditing would also be privatized to keep the system honest. What would happen is that, like anything else, some companies would earn a reputation for excellent quick service and reliability, and people (either as individuals or as communities) would pay more to vote with them.

One can imagine some problems, but not compared to the mess of fraud, harassment, and trial lawyers that we have now.


480 posted on 11/02/2004 2:43:46 PM PST by hobartj
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To: hobartj

Well .. it appears we are catching them in the act - quite a bit. If that continues, the final count should be fairly accurate.

Kicking out Daschle's attorney was GREAT NEWS!!

Of course, now we will have to put up with Reid as minority leader .. and he's just as horrible as Daschle.


483 posted on 11/02/2004 3:35:32 PM PST by CyberAnt (Election 2004: This election is for the SOUL OF AMERICA)
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