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Stevepol

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3. Boy, glad Thom's onboard. This is long overdue.

Reply to thomhartmann (Original post)

Thu Nov 7, 2013, 06:11 PM

Nov 2013

Germany has figured this out and outlawed computer-counting of elections. Check out this article about the decision reached by Germany's constitutional court in 2009:

http://www.edri.org/edri-gram/number7.5/no-evoting-germany

Thom has figured it out. When you can't verify the vote and/or you don't have ways to catch fraud and mis-counting, YOU CAN'T HAVE A DEMOCRACY.

Not possible.

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Thom Hartmann: Privatizing our Vote...the Ultimate Crime [View all] thomhartmann Nov 2013 OP

With the Baby Boomers retiring, there should be lots of people who can volunteer to count DhhD Nov 2013 #1

IF I recall (Too lazy to look...) dotymed Nov 2013 #2

Boy, glad Thom's onboard. This is long overdue. Stevepol Nov 2013 #3

"...the ultimate crime against democracy"--that's what it is! Peace Patriot Nov 2013 #4

R x 1,000! Go, Thom! Peace Patriot Nov 2013 #5

There is an alternative. Serialized receipts for the voter and a running paper log for the machine. ReformedRepublican Nov 2013 #6