Electronic Voting Machines

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: johnnq1
these are probably the reason bush won

I strongly doubt that.

 

[her209]

Originally posted by: mrzed
Counting can be easily done with scannable paper ballots. Speed will be just as good as pure electronic voting, but provide a verifiable record.

Cost will be higher with paper, but certainly the USA, a rich country that styles itself as a beacon of democracy, can afford it.

Can you be absolutely sure that the computer didn't accidentally/intentionally miscount? Well, since you can't be sure, you'll have to have people manually count the ballots, except you run into the same trust problem. In other words, your solution is only as good as the trust you have in the system.

 

[teddyv]

you would have brought a video camera.

You never, ever, ever, ever, ever take pictures of voters or even anyone near a polling place, even ones voting multiple times. If you get caught doing that you'll get hit with an emergency disenfranchisement filing that will get all your observers and challengers thrown out of the polls (and then the fraud will REALLY begin.) Something similiar to this happened in New Jersey and there is still a consent decree barring observers from polling places.

 

[Journer]

until representatives are forced to follow public vote none of this matters...