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Politics > Politics-USA |
| User: |
"Harry Hope" |
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27 Dec 2004 09:08:46 PM |
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Ole Karl Rove musta paid those voting machine makers a pretty penny |
From The New York Times, 12/27/04:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/27/opinion/27mon1.html
Setting Standards for Fair Elections
The much-delayed work of setting federal standards for electronic
voting machines is speeding up, and there is reason for concern.
Voting machine companies and their supporters have been given a large
say in the process, while advocates for voters, including those who
insist on the use of voter-verified paper receipts, have been pushed
to the margins.
Election officials and machine makers may be betting that after the
presidential election, ordinary Americans have lost interest in the
mechanics of the ballot.
But Americans do care, and it is unlikely that they will be satisfied
by a process in which special interests dominate, or by a result that
does not ensure vote totals that can be trusted.
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Paying off those voting machine companies sure paid off for ole Karl,
didn't it.
Harry
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| User: "Rogue" |
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| Title: Re: Ole Karl Rove musta paid those voting machine makers a pretty penny |
28 Dec 2004 06:12:17 AM |
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The only requirement a electronic voting machine should do is create an
official paper ballot that is handed in by the voter just like the manual
handwritten ballots are.
Anything other than that is open to fraud and deception.
"Harry Hope" <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in message
news:lhj1t0p66naispopa1e781ngv4k3gfuq8k@4ax.com...
From The New York Times, 12/27/04:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/27/opinion/27mon1.html
Setting Standards for Fair Elections
The much-delayed work of setting federal standards for electronic
voting machines is speeding up, and there is reason for concern.
Voting machine companies and their supporters have been given a large
say in the process, while advocates for voters, including those who
insist on the use of voter-verified paper receipts, have been pushed
to the margins.
Election officials and machine makers may be betting that after the
presidential election, ordinary Americans have lost interest in the
mechanics of the ballot.
But Americans do care, and it is unlikely that they will be satisfied
by a process in which special interests dominate, or by a result that
does not ensure vote totals that can be trusted.
________________________________________________________
Paying off those voting machine companies sure paid off for ole Karl,
didn't it.
Harry
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