A vote for president should be at least as secure as a 25-cent bet in Las Vegas

Here's how it works in Vegas:

(1) The state has access to all gambling software (2) The software on gambling machines is constantly being spot-checked (3) There are meticulous, constantly updated standards for gambling machines (4) Manufacturers are intensively scrutinized before they are licensed to sell gambling software or hardware (5) The lab that certifies gambling equipment has an arms-length relationship with the manufacturers (6) When there is a dispute about a machine, a gambler has a right to an immediate investigation [All info exerpted from the linked NYT op-ed piece]


Ennis posted this on June 22, 2004
It is filed under Computers & Internet, National News

It is also indexed with the following tags: Electronic Voting | Diebold |

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M E-L wrote:

Soon we'll need Jimmy Carter to oversee our own damn elections. See also this piece.

Comment #1 :: link :: June 25, 2004 11:54 AM
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