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echo: pol_disorder
to: JEFF BINKLEY
from: BOB KLAHN
date: 2006-09-09 19:14:00
subject: (1/2) Cheating chips and

BS>>BS>BS>BA> Iowa and several other states are going to allow
BS>>BS>BS>BA> troops overseas to vote electronically this year.
BS>>BS>BS>BA> It's a secure system

BS>>BS>BS>That claim, alone, tells you all you need to no, Bob.

BS>>BS>JB> Yep, all he needs to "no".

BS>>BS>Ah... the last refuge of the incompetent... the Spellcheck
BS>>BS>Defense.

BS>>JB> Spell check turned "know" into "no" ?  Do tell.
BS>>JB> You are getting more senile by the day.

 Your spell check defense. AKA a spelling flame.

BS>>I don't use a spellchecker Jeff.

BS>>Now to the point, are electronic voting systems reliable.

 JB> In what respect ?  An electronic voting system would likely
 JB> be more accurate than a human, otherwise we'd all still be
 JB> using slide rules.

 Nope. Not even close. Electronic systems are faster and cheaper,
 that's why we use them. As to more accurate, not necessary for
 their adoption.

BS>>The available data would seem to indicate not.

 JB> Seems odd since in 2001 the democrats blamed Florida and
 JB> Gore's defeat on not having electronic voting systems.  You

 Not haveing reliable voting systems.

 JB> folks don't seem to know what you really want other than a
 JB> win by any measure.

 Honest count's would do just fine. OH, and letting legitimate
 voters vote.

BOB KLAHN bob.klahn{at}sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn

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