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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
I am curious how exactly the Dems plan to get around how "touch screen" voting will be used this coming election to scan and record the fingerprints of felons, illegal aliens, double voters, welfare cheats, assorted other deadbeats, etc.

Being a software engineer, there have been articles in the trade pubs that, for the last couple of years, have obliquely referred to this unmentioned application of the technologies used in the new touchscreen systems, although nothing stated outright. It's pretty plain when you read into the articles, though. I've also heard word about how database systems have become much more connected and unified in just the last couple of years, connecting fingerprint, face recog and criminal systems all together.

Put all together, and it's pretty clear that these hordes of dupes that the democrats employ to subvert and cheat the system are going to feel very "disenfranchised" soon after Nov. 5.

76 posted on 10/08/2002 5:21:02 PM PDT by Joe Brower
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To: Joe Brower
I hope you're right. Us nonprogrammers are mighty worried about these touch screens!
82 posted on 10/08/2002 5:25:31 PM PDT by Alissa
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To: Joe Brower
Here in Houston, the electionic system I used last year had a dial for inputs, no mouse, no touchscreen.

The system layout resembled an ATM but did not have buttons next to choices like an ATM and was not touchscreen (although voters did attempt to touch the screens).

The dial input method means that any write in candidate with a long name will not garner sufficient votes (each letter must be dialed up through the alphabet starting at "A", try doing that for an 8 letter first name, 12 letter lastname with no "typos").

86 posted on 10/08/2002 5:31:13 PM PDT by weegee
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To: Joe Brower; Mudboy Slim
Put all together, and it's pretty clear that these hordes of dupes that the democrats employ to subvert and cheat the system are going to feel very "disenfranchised" soon after Nov. 5.

I like it. We need to get that Rat #...and call our SOEs to protest. We have plenty of FR evidence of Dem. dirty tricks. Boise and Herron both broke the law during election 2000 (we won't mention the FSC): Boise for perjury in claiming the dimples had been counted in Illinois, Herron for his famous anti-military ballot memo to every Fla. county.

McAuliffe and his losers have been baiting us since Nov. 2000. We can E-mail Reuters. I'm in the mood to do some quiet clymer-kicking. The Fla. press will give McAuliffe the podium...this article's plain DNC propaganda, but we can keep those phone lines humming, call our friends, and have a legitimate claim of intimidation. What does a Democrat consider intimidation? A police car parked 2 miles away from a polling place on election day. The press bought that. We do have some fair voices at the Tampa Tribune and Orlando Sentinel. Perhaps they'd weigh in on McAuliffe's sheer evilness.

109 posted on 10/08/2002 5:51:29 PM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl
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