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Originally Posted by Ustwo
"Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything." - Atrributed to Stalin.
If the system is corrupt, the system is going to be corrupt no matter what voting method is used. This kind of corruption got JFK the presidency in 1960, and who knows who else. Voting machines are not going to safeguard it if the corruption is at the higher levels. Only a proper oversight of the process can hope to curb its effects. Thats not to say I am happy with the concept of a paperless trailless voting, but the issue of corruption must be fought at the local level where one party dominance in some cities/areas can lead to a complete control of the voting process, and hence the outcomes.
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The current technology has no oversight.
There is no need for local corruption with the current voting machine technology. You just
change the vote totals, and nobody can tell you did it.
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I don't feel the system is THAT corrupt currently. Even the Chicago Machine isn't what it used to be, but this is the kind of issue that must be constantly monitored.
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How in the world can you have this belief? What are you basing your faith in the integrity of trackless, partisan, privately owned, and auditless voting systems on? Blind faith in the honesty of everyone involved?
The fact that it is next impossible to catch someone corrupting the current electronic voting machines doesn't mean it isn't happening. The inability to see a theif does not mean the theif is not there.
If there is no reason to believe the voting system isn't corrupt, the vote has no moral weight.