Path: news.nzbot.com!not-for-mail
Message-ID: <3FC717AF.B70DDEEB@blueyonder.co.uk>
From: Paul Heslop <paul.heslop@blueyonder.co.uk>
X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.8 [en] (Win98; U)
X-Accept-Language: en
MIME-Version: 1.0
Newsgroups: alt.surrealism
Subject: Re: voting machines
References: <uehp81-0tb.ln1@delillo.lsr.ph.ic.ac.uk> <3FBA1BCB.61C6FAAA@blueyonder.co.uk> <ng0s81-u9m.ln1@delillo.lsr.ph.ic.ac.uk> <3FC4200F.E51BC7D9@blueyonder.co.uk> <3FC6C817.372F0FA@cloudNINE.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Lines: 60
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 09:38:57 GMT
NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.39.106.142
X-Complaints-To: abuse@blueyonder.co.uk
X-Trace: news-text.cableinet.net 1070012337 82.39.106.142 (Fri, 28 Nov 2003 09:38:57 GMT)
NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 09:38:57 GMT
Organization: blueyonder (post doesn't reflect views of blueyonder)
Xref: news.nzbot.com alt.surrealism:906
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.
>
> --
> Replace "NINE" with "9" to reply.
:O) Roll out the Chad!
--
Paul.
--------------------------------------------------------------
to look at
http://www.geocities.com/dreamst8me/
|
| Follow-ups: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
|