RSS
'It Could Have Been Worse' Hardly Seems Like A Defense Of E-Voting Technology
from the just-imagine-how-bad-it-could-have-been dept
With a new report coming out that highlights many of the problems that voters using e-voting machines faced in the last election, it's more interesting to look at the response from supporters of those machines. An article in the Houston Chronicle mentions the report and then quotes someone defending the machines by giving the "it could have been worse" defense: "Failure will happen.... Critical failures are ones in which voters are turned away. By and large, looking at the last general election, we consider it a success." Given just how many problems there were, and how widespread they were, it seems pretty ridiculous to consider "success" to be a lack of catastrophic errors (which some people might disagree with). Certainly, it could have been much worse, but with something as important as democratic voting, you would think that a higher standard would be used.
I have an idea...
75 Questions To Help You Write An RFP For Website Design
Founders, Funders, Farmers, Fools, And Family
I’m looking for research...
The Growing App Market
Innovate More. Code Less: Optimizing Open-Source Utilization
I’m looking for policy...
Application Developers Alliance Applauds Schumer Plan To Introduce Patent Legislation
Policy Resources: Data Privacy & Security
Reader Comments (rss)
(Flattened / Threaded)
[ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]
Thank Got New York Uses the Lever
Gerald Ford's Head: Frankly, I've never felt voting to be all that essential to the process.
Richard Nixon's Head: No kidding, Ford!
Too Soon? Should I have waited 22.3 years.
[ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]
second best
I can see the breakup of the United States in the not too distant future unless this is addressed post haste.
[ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]
Thank Got....
no i wouldn't. nevermind.
[ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]
Dont worry
[ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]
Re:
I find the whole thing hilarious personally. It makes no difference whether the system is electronic or manual, it's still a flawed system. The States is rapidly becoming the most non-democratic country on the planet and most of the tagged-and-bagged consumer-citizens don't even see it!
[ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]
Re: Re:
[ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]
syntax error
[ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]
Re: syntax error
Not according to your Commander-in-chief..... He's been sailing round the world bombing people for the last 5 years under the guise of spreading democracy. (And to tie in to the thread...) maybe i you hadn't voted him in (or did you?) you wouldn't have this problem.
[ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]
Re: syntax error
It isn't funny anymore. Everytime there is a discourse on voting on techDirt someone brings out the old "well it's actually a republic and not a democracy!"
OK, we get it, you paid attention in high school social studies. Just remember, most people in the US and the world will refer to it as a democracy and the term loosely has come to mean a system of government in which people vote for their leadership (as opposed to the other generic term dictatorship, which has come to include monarchies, true dictatorship, and any flavor of government not considered a democracy).
Again, the above definitions are not precise, but that is how they are being used by most people (even those smarty pants political commentators on TV) so deal!
As per the voting machines, I'm just gonna sit back and wait until we get the reports of politicians paying off hackers to swing elections and the throngs of people saying "how can this be, how could this happen"
"Freedom isn't free. Freedom demands the diligence and discipline to monitor our leaders and sometimes freedom requires the blood of heroes to protect it"
- JFK
[ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]
Of course voting is insecure.
[ reply to this | link to this | view in thread ]
Add Your Comment