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Never attribute to malice that which can adequately be explained by poor programming ability. ;)
But this just goes to show why the software for electronic voting machines needs to be Open Source (i.e. available for all to read and inspect).
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/23/open_source_voting_software/ http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,61045,00.html
Jon
Stephen Fisher wrote: | in the following two cases, the electronic voting machines were made by | Diebold. Remember that's the company where the CEO promissed Bush would | win Ohio -- just like Jed promissed Bush Florida. I'm not sure who made | the voting machines in Houston, but I suspect they might also be | Die-blod... | | happy voting, | stephen | | 1) | | "COLUMBUS, Ohio - A computer error with a voting machine cartridge gave | President Bush 3,893 extra votes in a Gahanna precinct. | | Franklin County's unofficial results gave Bush 4,258 votes to Democratic | challenger John Kerry's 260 votes in Precinct 1B. Records show only 638 | voters cast ballots in that precinct." | | http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/state/10103910.htm | | 2) | | "“We have received reports of irregularities in the vote reported on the | AccuVote Diebold Machines in comparison to exit polls and trends in | voting in New Hampshire,’’ Nader wrote. | | “These irregularities favor President George W. Bush by 5 percent to 15 | percent over what was expected. Problems in these electronic voting | machines and optical scanners are being reported in machines in a | variety of states.’’" | | http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041106/NEWS02/111060040/-1/news
| | | 3) | | "In poor blacks parts of Houston half of the machines would not work and | those that did checked Bush off when you checked all democrat on the | ballot. Luckily someone noticed and reported it but that was late in the | day after many votes had already been cast." | | http://blackboxvoting.com/ | ---- | You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the | list named "UnivCity." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see | <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
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