2006-10-10 11:32:48 · 11 answers · asked by alexandritekc 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
I trust them where I am.
I do worry about problems in some of the urban areas. There could be isolated incidents. They are a lot better and safer than paper ballots.
We've used them for years and never had a problem. We shouldn't fear technology.
2006-10-10 11:38:18 · answer #1 · answered by Villain 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
yes. i have been an election official for several years, and we have never had any problems. the machines we use even tells the voter if he has marked his ballot incorrectly, such as voting for too many people in a category, giving him a chance to correct this before submitting his ballot. before the machines, an improperly voted ballot was just not counted. we also have computer-style machines with a computer screen and head phones that will read the ballot to people who have vision problems. the machines also speed up the counting process, as the ballots are counted continuously as each ballot is fed to the machine. each machines data is fed into a sealed cassette that is then read by a central computer at the court house. the number of votes recorded are checked against the voter books that each precinct keeps when voter i.d. is checked. it is all very precise.
2006-10-10 19:28:37 · answer #2 · answered by thekla o 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no and when you thing about one of the repubs whose company sold the voting machines having been reelected by a 87% victory in 2002 . and in parts of alaska in 2004 on diebold machines they had 200% voter turn out .
2006-10-10 21:13:52 · answer #3 · answered by crazy_ol_hippie_radical 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Even my ATM gives me a piece of paper that says what happened when I used it.
Shows you how much respect the government actually has for it's citizens' careful consideration of what's best for the country, doesn't it?
Politicians treat the voters like they're selling us a brand of soda pop anyway. Why would they respect our vote?
2006-10-10 19:44:21 · answer #4 · answered by roostershine 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. They have no audit trail so no one can be sure that their vote is really counted correctly. They seem to say "Trust me - there are no errors in software and no political motivation to steal an election."
2006-10-10 19:11:10 · answer #5 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. They're too easy to manipulate and change the results of. People can hack into the Pentagon, what makes you think they can't mess with this kind of technology??
2006-10-10 20:41:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. I also don't trust the companies that manufacture them. According to what I have read, they have ties to the Republican Party.
2006-10-10 18:37:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Yes.
2006-10-11 00:20:24 · answer #8 · answered by LadyL 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heck NO!!!!!
I would say something other than Heck but I don't want to be reported.
2006-10-10 18:40:44 · answer #9 · answered by mysticathiest 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure. They're more accurate than hanging chads!
2006-10-10 18:36:38 · answer #10 · answered by luperith 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋