Voting Machines Routinely Failing Nationwide 237
palegray.net writes "Voting machines in several critical swing states are causing major problems for voters. A Government Accountability Office report and Common Cause election study [PDF] has concluded that major issues identified in the last presidential election have not been corrected, nor have election officials been notified of the problems. How long can we afford to trust our elections to black box voting practices? From the article: 'In Colorado, 20,000 left polling places without voting in 2006 because of crashed computer registration machines and long lines. And this election day, Colorado will have another new registration system.'"
Voting machines (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe it would just be easier to bribe Diebold more than whoever is holding their leash now? Saves all that pesky trouble of actually fixing the problem.
big deal (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Problems: (Score:5, Funny)
You can't actually hold companies responsible for their mistakes!!!
wow... (Score:0, Funny)
How long can we afford to trust our elections to black box voting practices?
Classic bigotry on Slashdot. I believe the correct phrase is "African-American box", thank you very much.
Re:Voting machines (Score:5, Funny)
Aye, but then thar be no booty in it, and what's good for gold is good for all landlubbers, savvy?
Re:big deal (Score:3, Funny)
However, doctors have made good progress at unravelling the mysteries of their interior designs and workings, and have been making good progress in recent years at 'hacking back together' malfunctioning units.
It should be pointed out that their efforts are being slightly hampered by businesses patenting certain bits of the voter units, methods of interacting with it and chemical processes for alteration of failures and reactions.
Obama really is a miracle-worker... (Score:0, Funny)
Never underestimate the power of liberal white guilt.
Hey (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Voting machines (Score:3, Funny)
I mean this is the sort of thing which Open Source would be perfect for
I like to use open source thinking when I vote:
Vote early and vote often.
Re:Where exactly are these "voting machines"? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Obama really is a miracle-worker... (Score:1, Funny)
how is that different from conservative white guilt? ... oh, hey...
Re:I just don't get it. (Score:5, Funny)
In the US, we take all of the mail-in ballots, and put them in a crate. Then, if and only if there are enough to swing the election, we try to figure out the best way to count them, because we weren't really expecting that to ever happen.
Oblig. (Score:2, Funny)
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