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"Regardless of how good or bad the designs that are out there, most of the criticism of electronic voting is against it in principle. It's more vulnerable to that criticism only because it's new. "

No, it's not because it's 'new'. The criticism is due to the knowledge of how much EASIER it will make election fraud.

"It's nonsense to even suggest that any of the current systems are imune from fraud or abuse."

Ummm...you're right, but I don't recall ever seeing ANYONE suggest the current systems are immune from fraud or abuse. People aren't saying "Don't use e-voting." They're saying, "Wait a minute, let's make sure this is right before we rely on it. Let's remove as many security holes and capabilities for fraud that we can KNOWING the inherent vulnerabilities, before we start instituting a massive system that can make things worse, rather than better."

"Anything that can be done with a paper ballot or mechanical machine can be done on computer more efficiently, reliably, securly, and economically. It's all amatter of design."

Yes, correct once again. Fraud can be performed much more simply, efficiently, securely, and economically on computer systems than paper ballots, ESPECIALLY with no way of verifying what the initial vote entered by the person was.

I find it interesting that we've had ATM's spread around the country for years, every one of which has printed a paper receipt for your records. Everytime I go to a restaurant, I get a receipt verifying what I purchased. When I go to a store, I get a receipt verifying what I purchased. Yet Diebold can't manage a simple printer hookup that gives a way of VERIFYING vote totals if there are questions? After all this time, is Diebold where all the perfect programmers have been, that write completely bug-free, secure software which is invulnerable to all external manipulation, so perfect that no oversight, verification, or validation of results are possible? Guess some other software companies should raid them for talent!

Posted by: quietkey   Posted on: 09/23/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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