Should electronic voting machines be banned nationwide ?
Question: Many electronic voting machines can hacked ,and an
electronic vote for one candidate could be changed to a
vote for another candidate by a hacker .My source is
openvotingconsortium.org .All voting machines should have
paper trails .
Answers: I don't think we need to ban them, only to ensure that they are safe, leave a paper trail, don't leave 'back doors', etc. We do this by having an independent state commission examine the source code. If the vendor says the source code is secret or 'proprietary', we don't use that vendor.
Diebold, for instance, makes millions of automated teller machines that are incredibly safe. I've never heard of one being hacked, numbers being changed in it, etc. And if that ever happened, thousands of banks across the country would be dumping their ATMs and replacing them. Yet this same company doesn't seem to be able to ensure the safety and security of its voting machines. And the PRESIDENT of the company announces publicly that he is going to get GW Bush elected. What's wrong with this picture?
Right, so we can count them by hand like in Florida in 2000?
absolutely, as long as it is this easy to corrupt them.
of course by the same standard we should also ban politicians and balloting officials.
I always thought they should do the ballots like they do with those Scantron tests, have them fill in a bubble for the candidate with a Number 2 pencil, and then the machine could count them quickly, ,it would be quicker, more efficient and you would have a paper trail. I mean it wouldn't be perfect but better than many of the systems that are used today.
Yes. To ensure Democracy for future generations, votes must be recorded on paper.
Many voting machines can be hacked is patently wrong.
Voting machines are not on any kind of network until they must transmit thier data. Then they use a call-back system where the machines make several calls to verify who and what they are.
Teh data transmission is much like FTP--there are no partial transmissions, the datais received or it isn't and while it might be corupted, and, if someone were physically present on either end, intercetped (it can't be read on the wire), it can't be altered this way.
In the event of a corruption, the machines hang up nad then try again.
The anti-voting machine crowd is taking advantage of the general lack of tech savvy in the general public.
Show me a computer system that cannot be hacked.
YES!
There is a nationwide lawsuit being filed right now by some Ron Paul supporters to return to the hand counted paper ballets.
If this lawsuit is successful the primary elections may be postponed until a settlement is reached.
Thank you for the question.
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electronic vote for one candidate could be changed to a
vote for another candidate by a hacker .My source is
openvotingconsortium.org .All voting machines should have
paper trails .
Answers: I don't think we need to ban them, only to ensure that they are safe, leave a paper trail, don't leave 'back doors', etc. We do this by having an independent state commission examine the source code. If the vendor says the source code is secret or 'proprietary', we don't use that vendor.
Diebold, for instance, makes millions of automated teller machines that are incredibly safe. I've never heard of one being hacked, numbers being changed in it, etc. And if that ever happened, thousands of banks across the country would be dumping their ATMs and replacing them. Yet this same company doesn't seem to be able to ensure the safety and security of its voting machines. And the PRESIDENT of the company announces publicly that he is going to get GW Bush elected. What's wrong with this picture?
Right, so we can count them by hand like in Florida in 2000?
absolutely, as long as it is this easy to corrupt them.
of course by the same standard we should also ban politicians and balloting officials.
I always thought they should do the ballots like they do with those Scantron tests, have them fill in a bubble for the candidate with a Number 2 pencil, and then the machine could count them quickly, ,it would be quicker, more efficient and you would have a paper trail. I mean it wouldn't be perfect but better than many of the systems that are used today.
Yes. To ensure Democracy for future generations, votes must be recorded on paper.
Many voting machines can be hacked is patently wrong.
Voting machines are not on any kind of network until they must transmit thier data. Then they use a call-back system where the machines make several calls to verify who and what they are.
Teh data transmission is much like FTP--there are no partial transmissions, the datais received or it isn't and while it might be corupted, and, if someone were physically present on either end, intercetped (it can't be read on the wire), it can't be altered this way.
In the event of a corruption, the machines hang up nad then try again.
The anti-voting machine crowd is taking advantage of the general lack of tech savvy in the general public.
Show me a computer system that cannot be hacked.
YES!
There is a nationwide lawsuit being filed right now by some Ron Paul supporters to return to the hand counted paper ballets.
If this lawsuit is successful the primary elections may be postponed until a settlement is reached.
Thank you for the question.
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Why don't they vote? There isn't a single candidate that isn't on the take from some special interest group. There isn't a candidate of the people, they are career politicians. There isn't a candidate
Maybe. Maybe your one, maybe I'm one.
No but I don't think they really care, at least no one but Ron Paul.
No but I don't think they really care, at least no one but Ron Paul.
I don't remember who ran against him but does it really matter?
Actually no one seriously ran against Bush.
Actually no one seriously ran against Bush.
Yes. I voted for GWB and am very happy with the job he is doing. Thank goodness he was in office on 9/11/2001.
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I pray that another strong Republican wins the 2008 election, as this is our onl
I don't like Rudd, but i guess it's because he has more integrity, and that people get sick of dishonest smear tactics. lets be honest, the liberal governments scare campaigns about 'trade unionists'
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I'm sure Hill will have someone killed over this. It is the Clinton way.
I have been wondering why on earth they started campaigning so early. The issues could be all different by the time of the elections. Or is our government holding off on things because of the upcoming
She'll lie in her answers
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The only candidate that would bring back the world's respect for the US. He is the only candidate with his eyes wide open. I just saw him tonight at a meet and greet downtown (and he kissed my cheek).
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