Not just Californina, but New Jersey, Kentucky and Florida are in the process of getting rid of DREs. If we can't trust Diebold and other makers of hackable machines, then undectected alterations put good elections in danger. I am glad we are going to some kind of paper backed system. We will need complete audits as well.
Good for you, California!
2007-08-08 00:47:03 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
Choco: No, I am aware of this. The Daley machine was as corrupt a political dynasty as any in the US, but STATE WIDE, we know Diebold is up to no good. I have has the privelledge to serve as an alternate election judge as well as an election clerk for years - and I have faith in the old optical scanned ballots - as long as the operation is closely monitored. Yes there are flaws in elections in the US. The worst is having electronic systems that can not be trusted. Ever wonder why Ohio ilegally destroyed its records of the 2004 election ?
2007-08-08 01:16:16 · update #1
Kentucky has paper, scantron voting ballots. I live in the largest city in Kentucky and we've NEVER had electronic voting....I'm not aware of any city/town in Kentucky that has. But I do think we have a bill that disallows them.
To answer your question, yes, we need to get rid of ALL electronic voting machines. http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0225-05.htm
That's an older, but interesting and informative, article.
2007-08-08 00:57:06 · answer #1 · answered by patriotgal27 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
NO MORE MACHINES!
We must have a paper trail for votes. Also the people who count and monitor them should all be registered independents. After all, we see that all you need to win an election is 5 corrupt supreme court members and a corrupt voting monitor. Remember Katherine Harris in the 2000 election? People like her shouldn't be monitoring votes! And the guy who owns the company that makes all the electronic voting machines is Republican. And in 2004, he promised Bush that he would win Ohio (his home state).
2007-08-08 09:13:18 · answer #2 · answered by Allen Carlson 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You people are being Supremely naive if you think having a "paper trail" or any other system will prevent someone dedicated to comitting voter fraud.
Look at Chicago's ugly history of signing up voters from graveyards if you think only one party is prone to this kind of mischief. And this was done when ballots were purely paper-based!
2007-08-08 07:56:27 · answer #3 · answered by chocolahoma 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think its time to improve them by making sure there is a paper trail that verifies the electronic result.
2007-08-08 07:50:49 · answer #4 · answered by fredrick z 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Absolutly, there needs to be a paper trail
2007-08-08 07:50:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's time to get rid of voting, period!
2007-08-08 07:51:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋