Just a quick entry.
Check out this story (link via Altercation), it's been brewing on the back burner, ever since the idea of computerized voting machines was introduced. It seems, however, that the worst nightmares may have already occured in Georgia. But because of the contracts signed with voting machine companies (does Diebold ring a bell? "We'll deliver the votes to President Bush" is their company's motto), the state of Georgia cannot look at the software or the machines for security issues. And, worst of all, there is no paper trail for a recount.
Anyway, go check it out. This is so damned scary.
And sad, since, in general, I'm all in favor of automating things and making them simpler for people to use.
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