When I began this blog in 2001, I was appalled by President Bush's headlong rush to an illegal war (we were not in fact under attack). As time wore on and Bush began his assault on the Constitution and any people bold enough to criticize, I believed that "the republic is endangered more by actions of our own government than by those of any terrorist." With the election of a high-minded, compassionate, intelligent man like Barack Obama, my fears have ceased.
"Honor them with peace, not war"
United for Peace
Thursday, August 21, 2003
Aren't you worried that in the next federal election the computerized voting machines ordered by the Republican Party from a vendor of their choosing will be preprogrammed to elect mostly (or all) Republicans? Don't you see a correlation between the GOP drive to total control and their efforts to take over the several biggest states in the country? Check out "How to Make Elections Fair" which argues, among other things, for open source (not proprietary) programming of the machines so the computer community and universities could review it for fairness ahead of time.
Copyright © 2001-03 Pam Shorey
(except the specific sources credited in quotes)
Will my vote count?
Aren't you worried that in the next federal election the computerized voting machines ordered by the Republican Party from a vendor of their choosing will be preprogrammed to elect mostly (or all) Republicans? Don't you see a correlation between the GOP drive to total control and their efforts to take over the several biggest states in the country? Check out "How to Make Elections Fair" which argues, among other things, for open source (not proprietary) programming of the machines so the computer community and universities could review it for fairness ahead of time.
Fair voting programs are not complex and are readily available on the Internet for free. The only reason a voting company would insist on proprietary code would be to implement election fraud. Voting machine companies are providing a service, not a product. Germany requires open source programs for its electronic voting machines. Open source programs would give the public and its educational institututes time to study and evaluate the programs for fairness and accuracy prior to the elections, and is a requirement if the election is to be verified as fair short of state-wide paper ballot recounts in all states covered by a given voting machine company.
Palema
7:16 AM
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