Major Problems At Polls Feared

[mykpart]

Well, now we know. The fix is in, folks. Be very afraid.

Some Officials Say Voting Law Changes And New Technology Will Cause Trouble
By Dan Balz and Zachary A. Goldfarb
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, September 17, 2006; A01

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In the Nov. 7 election, more than 80 percent of voters will use electronic voting machines, and a third of all precincts this year are using the technology for the first time. The changes are part of a national wave, prompted by the federal Help America Vote Act of 2002 and numerous revisions of state laws, that led to the replacement of outdated voting machines with computer-based electronic machines, along with centralized databases of registered voters and other steps to refine the administration of elections.
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"What we know is, these technologies require significant testing and debugging to make them work," added Celeste, now president of Colorado College. "Our concern -- particularly as we look to the November election, when there is a lot of pressure on -- is that election officials consider what kinds of fallbacks they can put in place."
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For several years, prominent computer scientists have taken aim at the electronic voting machines, which in essence are computers. In analyses of the software that runs widely used models of the machines, and in tests on specific brands, the scientists have shown how they could manipulate the machine to report a vote total that differed from the actual total cast by voters.
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[Erika]

1. Diebold still the major vendor

I can hardly wait to see polls saying 96% of Americans vote GOP.

[Freedom_from_Chains]

2. Need I say more?

http://www.oldamericancentury.org/14pts.htm">14 Signs of Fascism

[BeFree]

3. Afraid? Nah

Just because the republicans own the machines doesn't mean they would take the wide open opportunity to use their machines to alter elections.

The machines work fine, it's all a people problem, take away the people and the elections will be fine.

Trust the machines, people. The fate of democracy demands it, and so does bushco!