Doubts plague e-vote systems

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Doubts plague e-vote systems VIDEO
Coalition of opponents says computers are not secure; backers contend the threat is low.
By DAVE HELLING
The Kansas City Star
In just eight weeks, most Kansas City voters will cast their first ballots on electronic machines, assuming they are accurate, convenient and safe.

But a loose coalition of computer scientists, political activists, and election experts says electronic voting is none of those things. In the media and the courts, the opponents insist electronic ballots are “inherently untrustworthy” and should be scrapped.

“It’s faith-based voting,” said Christi Clemons Hoffman, who has fought electronic voting here for at least a year. “You just have to trust that everybody’s doing their job.”

State and local election officials — Democrats and Republicans — have heard those criticisms for months, but say they’re misguided. “It’s fear of the unknown,” said Kansas City’s Democratic election director, Sharon Turner Buie.

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/14820785.htm

[nickinSTL]

1. “It’s fear of the unknown,”

No...it's fear of the known...the fact the machines are subject to hacking and that they're owned by Republican partisans, idiot.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. You can make your vote count by getting an absentee ballot

It is PAPER. And make a copy of it before you turn it in.

[Seedersandleechers]

3. Wednesday I got a job as an election poll worker

I'm going to have a 3 hour class on July 19th, and will be stationed, I believe, somewhere close to Summit and 26th. Think of me as an embedded reporter because that is what I intend to do. Report.
Can't more people do the same?