10-22-2008, 06:33 PM
Quote:I think the probability and the cause of rigging voting machine can be minimized to acceptable levels (almost 0) without too many problems. (think about testing them before voting starts etc.)
I still don't like the lack of ability to audit results.
Here, votes are counted by a machine. But they are still pieces of paper that are marked with an X by the voter in the spot provided and then dropped into a sealed box. Hence, if the results are challenged (and they are, at times), a re-count can be done, either by humans or another 'tested' machine.
If / when it is proposed that we move to something else, I will be one of those 'populists' protesting. :)
And you may call it righteousness
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake
When civility survives,
But I've had dinner with the Devil and
I know nice from right.
From Dinner with the Devil, by Big Rude Jake