elag wrote:
> Paul Heslop wrote:
> >
> > Paul Kinsler wrote:
> >
> > > Paul Heslop <paul.heslop@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> > > >> Electronic Voting Debacle
> > >
> > > > It's a little like locking the door after the Bush got in
> > > > though, isn't it?
> > >
> > > Bush got elected because the result hinged on one close ballot,
> > > pushed in his favour by dodgy counting of the physical records of
> > > voting. Close ballot results are often controversial,
> > > with much debate over how to interpret ticks, crosses, chads, or
> > > the other creative processes by which voters don't (or can't)
> > > quite follow the instructions exactly.
> > >
> > > The electronic voting schemes described in the article have
> > > no permanent physical record of how people voted, so recounts
> > > are an impossibility; furthermore the machines are so insecure
> > > the totals could be changed before, during, or after the
> > > voting period, pretty much by anyone -- but especially so by
> > > "friends" of the companies selling them. And since there is
> > > no physical record, a recount is impossible.
> > >
> > > With such machines, an evil Bush-oid could have skipped the
> > > tedious process of recounting, and simply chosen the voting
> > > totals they wanted. As could an evil anti-Bush-ite, or anyone
> > > with access to the machines or their communications. At least
> > > the Florida counting was visibly controversial, so processes
> > > can be corrected.
> > >
> > > Don't get so hung up on the Bush-Florida thing.
> > >
> > > #Paul
> >
> > I'm not hung up on it, I just love the fact that this farce happened in
> > the first place.
>
> I'm sure that the couch potatos of the world are eagerly anticipating
> the upcoming US elections. Hijinks will likely ensue on a heretofore
> unseen scale.
>
> I'ze scared.
>
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