E-voting Trials and Tribulations

Alex Susor writes "This article is about the new digital touch screen voting system in Georgia, the first state in the nation to adopt this method of voting statewide. Demonstration machines were set up at the recent primaries to teach voters about the new system (to be in place for the November general election) and had some big problems." Compare and contrast to systems in Florida and Germany.

Re:hanging chads?

[einer]

Depends... When's the next election?

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Friendly help

[aseh]

As long as there is a talking paperclip at the bottom of the screen to help people out, I think everything will go smoothly.

2004, counting room

[Theaetetus]

"Hey, Fred, what's with the 200 million write-in votes for Bill Gates?"

-T

Re:How does this work?

[Jondor]

yeah, and a tetris for those who haven't decided yet and still need some time.. or quake! There are some possibilities.. with skins from the politicians.. "Humpz.. that bush guy fights like a wimpy girl.. He's not gona get my vote!" And of course a random-choise button for those who realy don't know or care..
Hmm.. Maybe a link with a casino. .if you're the thirt in a row to cast the same vote you win! The possibilities of getting people actualy to vote!

No More Chad!!

[jkusar]

But what happens when all that oil builds up and blocks my keypress???

Do you really want..

[Angel Hair Pasta]

Do you really want a man named Rigg-All to be in charge of your electronic voting?

Next election

[JahToasted]

The next president of the United States: {FATAL EXCEPTION IN 0x0E4F}

Re:"He who votes has no power. He who counts votes

[Orne]

In this case, neither side can figure out who has the power...

"The only other reported problem, Riggall said, was power cords improperly attached to the machines."

Re:Friendly help

[GuyMannDude]

Clippy: "It looks like you're voting for President!

(wiggles paperclip tail and bounces around the screen excitedly)

I can just see some old geezer going ape-shit when that starts to happen. "Someone is spying on my vote!"

GMD

Re:Couldn't You Just

[Mr_Matt]

See the smudges from other people's fingerprints?

Or the fist-prints from, um, enthusiastic voters? :)

That makes me smile - voting by kung fu...

Overly complex

[Betcour]

1) Be wealthy

This is enough in the US. Step 2) and 3) or not required.

Same old, same old

[craw]

The more things change, the more they will stay the same.

1) Microsoft will integrate the voting softare into the OS.

2) In Chicago, computerized voting booths will be set up in cemeteries due to high voter registration in those areas.

3) Florida election are a mess due to old people forgetting to hit the submit button. Younger people that immediately follow a senior citizen notice that the touchscreen have either the Dem (left) or Rep (right) icons continuously flashing.

4) Losers of elections will demand a manual recount of the digital votes. State officials eventually declare the vote to be 0xdead to 0xbeef.

5) RIAA and MPAA will attempt to stop the digital transfer of votes for candidates who are former musicians or actors.