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pan6467 · 11-28-2005, 11:53 AM

I am quite surprised Bill Gates and Microsoft haven't gotten involved. Not that he'd be any better than Diebold but there is mucho money in this and he could develop a system quite easily.

I am torn on all this. Yes, the president of Diebold made idiotic partisan statements that would make even the staunchest supporter take notice and wonder how legit the machines are.

Yet, on the other hand we are in the process of trying a new technology that will have bugs.

What scares me is that the bugs seem to be acceptable to everyone in charge and Diebold seemingly refuses to work on them. That should send red flags up to anyone purchasing these machines and they should take their business elsewhere or wait until a system that the bugs have been worked out can be put into place.

As for paper reciepts..... I think they should be required of all machines, they are the safety net.

I remember in '92 or '96 Perot saying he wanted to use the internet to have people be able to vote on issues before Congress. I remember people laughed and such but it may well be the true future to voting.

Pop on the internet, place your vote, a copy is emailed to you as a reciept. Granted it takes away the anonymity, but I am sure there are ways to like "lock" the voters IP's to just a secured automatic response system that would erase the IP's within a week or so.

To prevent voter fraud you would be sent a password that could be used only once and that password would only be good from the address the password was sent to.... or a public polling place where people with no internet could go to vote.

I know there are flaws in my scenario mainly because I am not that computer literate but if I can think of something like that someone with far more computer intelligence could put the needed touches on it to make it work.

11-28-2005, 11:53 AM	#14 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	I am quite surprised Bill Gates and Microsoft haven't gotten involved. Not that he'd be any better than Diebold but there is mucho money in this and he could develop a system quite easily. I am torn on all this. Yes, the president of Diebold made idiotic partisan statements that would make even the staunchest supporter take notice and wonder how legit the machines are. Yet, on the other hand we are in the process of trying a new technology that will have bugs. What scares me is that the bugs seem to be acceptable to everyone in charge and Diebold seemingly refuses to work on them. That should send red flags up to anyone purchasing these machines and they should take their business elsewhere or wait until a system that the bugs have been worked out can be put into place. As for paper reciepts..... I think they should be required of all machines, they are the safety net. I remember in '92 or '96 Perot saying he wanted to use the internet to have people be able to vote on issues before Congress. I remember people laughed and such but it may well be the true future to voting. Pop on the internet, place your vote, a copy is emailed to you as a reciept. Granted it takes away the anonymity, but I am sure there are ways to like "lock" the voters IP's to just a secured automatic response system that would erase the IP's within a week or so. To prevent voter fraud you would be sent a password that could be used only once and that password would only be good from the address the password was sent to.... or a public polling place where people with no internet could go to vote. I know there are flaws in my scenario mainly because I am not that computer literate but if I can think of something like that someone with far more computer intelligence could put the needed touches on it to make it work. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"