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Why does everything have to be done backwards? Most of the voting reforms that are taking place don't even address the problems that voters are having. The focus seems to be almost entirely on the mechanism of the vote instead of the process as a whole.

Creating a new e-voting system, which will open up a new set of problems, before addressing all of the mostly bureaucratic problems facing voting is puting the harse before the cort.

For instance shouldn't we be ensuring that polling places are safe, accessible, consistant, properly staffed and trained ahead of identifying which mechanism (or more specifically which company) the voter uses.

Diebold is a prime example of being backwards. They go head long into pushing e-voting machines that haven't even passed their own poor QA standards. They sell features they haven't developed yet, knowing that there are enough backdoors in the machines that they can easily update the software with the new features when ever they want. They feign ignorance and take pot shots at their own staff while still trying to show that they're number one and we should buy their voting machines.

Promising elections, secret upgrades, flakey hardware, flakey software, ignorance, poor testing, backdoors, poor security... who in their right mind is going to purchase these machines even if they do happen to be able to "certify" them. I don't think I could trust punching my vote into one of these things knowing all of the above. How exactly does a state inspire trust in it's voters if it chooses to use products from such an inept company?
Posted by: nhavar   Posted on: 04/21/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Backwards  nhavar | 04/21/04
Its called the Windows way.  Outside T. Box | 04/22/04
Banking Panel should be next  Nigel Johnstone | 04/22/04
...and yet, here we are.  Outside T. Box | 04/22/04

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