The Vexations Of Voting Machines (Time Magazine article)

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http://www.time.com/time/election2004/article/0,18471,629410,00.html?cnn=yes

The Vexations Of Voting Machines
Kinks in e-voting systems have given rise to a backlash. Are the machines reliable enough?

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Most critics of e-voting have two complaints. One is that it's not possible to do a true recount with the systems because they produce nothing tangible when a vote is cast; a recount means pressing a button and coming up with the same results. Representative Robert Wexler, a Florida Democrat, has filed a federal lawsuit claiming that the sleek new systems bought by 15 counties — including those of hanging-chad fame like Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade — are unconstitutional because votes can't truly be retallied there, as they can in the rest of the state.

The other concern about evoting is that some of the nation's top computer scientists and code crackers believe the systems are too vulnerable to tampering or simple breakdowns. "If you believe, as I do, that voting is one of our critical infrastructures, then you have to defend it like you do your power grid, your water supply," says former National Security Agency code breaker Michael Wertheimer. "That's not happening anywhere." And with a closely split electorate marching toward another presidential showdown, shaky voter confidence in the results could lead to another huge outcry or keep more people from going to the polls. With voter participation at a paltry 51.3% in 2000, Americans hardly need another reason not to vote.

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1. But they don't want us to vote anymore. Thats why they win. Thats

why Rove is willing to make Bush look like an ass is attack ads against Kerry because he knows it will turn millions away from the polls period. All he needs is his lead head die hards and his core of "Supply Side Jesus." Lexis driving, So called Christians to vote. Plus, these area's will receive Diebolds greatest concentration of field techs to make sure the beasts work fine. Our city slums and Dem areas will get the least, to enable a virtual voting block blue screen of death. Dem blue that is.
If you have to vote on one of those GOP Wally O'Dell Machines, bring a camcorder, a tape deck, and a camera. You just may be the one to really Bust these fuckers wide open, if chance is on your side that day.