In some places, voters can choose to use a touch-screen or another method (like optical scan). Do you have confidence voting on a touch-screen machine?
2006-10-08 05:40:18 · 14 answers · asked by FL LMT 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
It doesn't matter..all the ways are rigged..the paper ballots and punch cards are optically scanned not hand counted and just as easy to rig as the machines. The only safe way is hand counted at the precinct paper ballots.
A US congressman just introduced a bill HB6200 to require all presidential elections to be done on hand counted at the precinct paper ballots. The bill has 19 cosponsers.
Call your and other representatives and ask them to cosponsor and sup[port the bill. Tell everyione you know to so this and spread the words to your networks and to blogs and chat rooms...if we flooded congress, maybe it could get passsed and if that passes, maybe eventually other high offices will be counted this way..it is very hard to cheat with this method..it is the only safe way,
HB 6200 (house bill) is an amendment sought to be added to the "help America vote act"
Also get involved in voting rights groups and organize and participate in citizen run parallel elections.
http://www.thelandesreport.com/VotingSecurity.htm
Research what happened in ohio in 2004 through
http://www.freepress.org/index2.php (in the election section--much information--we are working hard on election reform in Ohio)
2006-10-08 18:00:07 · answer #1 · answered by mindy 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's going to be a requirement starting - I believe - with this election, so we'll have no choice in the matter. I have absolutely no confidence in these things and think we should go back to paper ballots which had to be hand-counted. At least there was a paper trail left and a recount could be accomplished without fear of someone rigging the machines and we know that will happen in November.
2006-10-08 06:22:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
No one who's looked at these machines has confidence in them. They are mostly owned by Republicans and monitored by those companies and not by State Election officials. There is no receipt that you voted for anyone (similar to what's available with ATMs). The machines should be scruitinized now and monitoried up until the last vote is taken. But only you can demand that.
The Republicans should not be allowed anywhere near the vote count. Their voting machine owned companies should have a computer expert monitoring the tallies. In the past, the companies would go behind closed doors and then call the Board of Elections with the tally. That's INSANE.
Write letters to your local newspapers and demand that the machines be scrutinized right away.
2006-10-08 05:48:50 · answer #3 · answered by Reba K 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
No, there is not any connection the object states that there is extra of a risk that attitude receives extra votes than Reid via way the machines paintings. " With cameras rolling, he confirmed that if all and sundry had an earnings it could be attitude, whose call receives checked off if a voter clicks the English option too many cases or if his or her finger lingers too lengthy on the hollow demonstrate screen".
2016-12-04 10:01:48 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For all the democrat-hysteria about touch screen voting, I (as a proud democrat and liberal) would be perfectly comfortable voting with a touch-screen machine.
Honestly I think a paper ballot is just as easy to tamper with as an electronic voting machine.
I think a lot of the fear of the electronic voting comes from a fear of new technology that is common with old people.
2006-10-08 11:01:39 · answer #5 · answered by Brooks B 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Brooks B is right on most counts. I don't think it so much fear on new technology as a few politicians who will complain about anything as an excuse if the voters don't support them.
2006-10-08 14:03:52 · answer #6 · answered by STEVEN F 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not a chance. Way to easily manipulated in my opinion. I live in Duluth MInnesota which has a very high voter turn-out, and I think we do just fine the old fashioned way.
2006-10-08 05:44:27 · answer #7 · answered by haleysname 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I have used the touch-screen thing its not that bad, plus you don't have to erase any thing
2006-10-08 05:44:59 · answer #8 · answered by christina 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, if they don't work right at my market how dependable are they? I guess the liberals got nice stuff for signing the contracts!
2006-10-08 07:17:20 · answer #9 · answered by Bawney 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i have, we used them in local elections last year, and during the governor primaries, and congressional primaries, they were really easy to use and i haven't heard anything about fraud yet...but it's probably bound to happen somewhere, probably in bigger cities like los angeles, nyc, or houston ect...
2006-10-08 06:04:13 · answer #10 · answered by evilmonkeyboy 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋