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cal04 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-28-06 06:46 PM
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Electronic Voting Under Scrutiny
What Systems Are Used, And What Are The Possible Problems?

Seventeen million more people voted in 2004 than voted in 2000, a 14 percent increase. With critical midterm elections just six weeks away, concerns are growing about the reliability of electronic voting machines. Some members of Congress are so worried that they are offering to buy states more paper ballots as a backup. That plan will be the subject of a congressional hearing.


How Many States Use Electronic Voting?

This November, for the first time, 90 percent of all votes in this country will be cast or counted electronically.

Dozens of states have adopted electronic voting technology to comply with federal legislation in 2002 intended to put an end to punch-card machines in the wake of the Bush-Gore "hanging chad" debacle.

About one-third of all precincts nationwide are using the electronic voting technology for the first time.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/28/fyi/main2048647.shtml
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bullimiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-28-06 06:47 PM
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1. Too late. It has always been and will always be too late.
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texpatriot2004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Sep-28-06 06:59 PM
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2. So, in 2004 there was record turnout of voters who DID NOT vote
for more of the same, yet here we are - the United States of Torture.
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