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Old 08-25-2004, 11:57 PM
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Originally Posted by KirkVining
I think we are headed for riots over this. Why would an electronic machine not have a paper trail? Call it what you want, tinfoil hat, conspiracy, whatever, there is something extremely unsettling about that. I would not vote on an electronic device, because I am a computer programmer. Three lines of code would fix any election. Even the stupid ATM machine gives you a paper receipt. Why doesn't a voting machine? These things need to be stamped out like smallpox.
I completely agree. It's a VERY stupid idea.

Paper ballots are admittedly a lot more work to count, but if anything is worth the extra work, our elections are!

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