Touch-screens lead to fraud, error, critics say

[azmouse]

From the AZ Republic: http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0321votemachines0321.html


Excerpt:
Voter Action asserts that two of the most popular models of touch-screens, both of which are expected to come to Arizona, are unreliable and vulnerable to tampering. The group also distrusts the machines because they do not produce a marked paper ballot. Paper ballots read by optical scanners are less subject to technical manipulation or fraud, activists say, and easily can be recounted or audited in the case of a contested election.

"My clients are not conspiracy theorists," said attorney Chuck Blanchard, a former state lawmaker whose firm is representing Voter Action. "Our problem is just that you have to assure some sense of integrity in the system."

[jillan]

1. This is pretty impressive coming from the

Az Republican.

And it's about f-ing time.....

[azmouse]

2. Even a blind squirrel can find an acorn once in awhile!

The paper is hideously RW but sometimes an article like this slips through.
I hope this group has success in keeping the touch screens out of the state
but here in AZ you just never know.

[jillan]

3. This is why we've got to get AAR back

I could just hear M & M doing a rant about this,
Charles interviewing the author.

Sigh...

[azmouse]

4. Have you heard anything new about AAR?

I heard some rumor about the Christian station selling it back to AAR but I definitely don't want to get my hopes where that is concerned. It sounds like a long shot.

[jillan]

5. I've been checking in at the Save Az AAR site

links here
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=139x3739

Kind of hard to follow as to how close we are.

Mother Jones dedicated a whole magazine about Christian Radio and
how it is taking over the country. Scanning the AM dial (looking for something to listen to)
I came across several already. Lots of Christian radio, and 2 RW spin machines. This is
sickening. I wish some wealthy dem would come forward and invest in Phx. We are so close to
turning blue.