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Zan_of_Texas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-05 12:02 AM
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90. No source code at all. No computer tabulation or counting at all.
It's too difficult to secure in the election application, because the voter leaves and can never check their vote later, unlike financial transactions.

I can talk to you for an hour why voting machines should NEVER be paperless electronic machines (or internet). But, in my judgment, especially in light of the tricks that were pulled even in the RECOUNT, the count needs to be gotten right the first time. And, the way to do that is paper.

Paper. In locked boxes in view, with glass bottoms (so they can't be stuffed with ballots before the election even starts). Counted at the precinct. In public, in front of anyone who wants to watch.

Otherwise, hackers or insiders or bugs can win the election instead of the person the voters chose.
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