From: "Robert Comer" 

One could say that about any way of voting.

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Bob Comer


"Ellen K."  wrote in message
news:e1mdq1livkcbk5pk787csqg8oone5me1sj{at}4ax.com...
>I don't think there's really any way to guarantee that electronic voting
> will be accurate.  Suppose they make it print out each voter's ballot
> choices and the voter is supposed to then click something saying the
> printout is correct, so what?  There is still no guarantee that what
> showed up on the printout is what is recorded internally.
>
> On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 13:19:27 +0100, "Phil Payne"
>  wrote in message
> :
>
>>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/16/echelon_in_your_backyard/
>>
>>"Updating our recent item It's official: Diebold election
bugware can't be
>>trusted, we find that the North Carolina Board of Elections has certified
>>Diebold systems (and two competitors' systems) without obtaining all of
>>the
>>source code as required by state law. Now, it's quite possible that
>>there's
>>not much of a story here, as it's unclear if Diebold is being given a
>>pass,
>>quite understandably, because it simply hasn't got the source code to some
>>of the software it uses (physical impossibility is a mighty good defence),
>>or if it's being given special permission to flout the law.
>>
>>We will know more soon, as the EFF is suing the state elections board.
>>"The
>>Board of Elections has simply ignored its mandatory obligations under
>>North
>>Carolina election law," EFF spokesman Matt Zimmerman explains.
We'll soon
>>see if it really is that simple.
>>
>>It is also worth noting that company CEO Walden O'Dell resigned
>>unexpectedly
>>last week, to the delight of investors and critics alike. O'Dell had the
>>rather poor judgment to express publicly his dedication to seeing "Ohio
>>deliver its electoral votes to the President." The company has failed to
>>shake off the suspicions raised by such a partisan statement from a fellow
>>in charge of a company that makes notoriously buggy election terminals."
>

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