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| DATE | 2004-12-12 |
| FROM | Contrarian
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Voting (was:Re: why we need Free Software voting
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Adam, do you have an author name for the Counterpunch article?
Anyway, regarding Free Software, you are entirely right, I
just don't think that is a strong enough measure. When the
voting error issue first began to be discussed on local lists
I thought it was it was an activist side-show without any
merit. I was wrong, as a little research (on c.r. and else
where) showed me. But the remedy isn't better software I
think it's no software.
>From Mike Bacarelly on the nylug-talk list:
:Nothing that I've seen regarding either election has
:convinced me that the issues and controversy are due to
:technical failures. Quite the opposite --they've been
:administrative failures.
:Where I voted in New York, they had mechanical voting
:machines that did basically everything a voting machine should.
:It clearly showed the options, only allowed me to make no vote
:or a valid vote (wouldn't let me vote for more than one
:candidate per position), and had very discrete start/done
:operations.
:As far as I'm concerned, this is the ideal. Putting a
:computer inside these machines increases their chances
:of failure and the risk of tampering by a gajillion
:bajillion percent.
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