It is absolutely insane, in a democracy, to have a voting sytem that the people do not trust, especially after 2000 and 2004. There is enough evidence in the public domain to lead people to the conclusion that there has been significant fraud, manipulation and other electioneering tricks
Why not simply issue paper ballots in every state in the union until this matter can be resolved? Who cares how long it takes to count the votes?
At least, then, we can be relatively sure that our one vote each has been counted, especially if the counting is done in an open way.
Tech Trouble in the Voting Booth:
"Last year, a report called 'Asking the Right Questions About Electronic Voting' took a look at the issues surrounding the move by most of the country's election jurisdictions to electronic voting machines. The report's theoretical approach contrasted with the often bitter dispute about the security of the technology between activists and voting-machine vendors.
The report's authors -- a committee of National Research Council experts, including prominent computer scientists and two former governors -- then turned their attention to this year's elections. What they found, according to a council analysis released yesterday, is not reassuring....
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