RE: electronic voting tomorrow

Rob, the ATM has been a proven technology for how many years now?  Plus, you
get a receipt.  Money can always be replaced; if the ATM screws up, there's
almost always an audit trail to find the source of any discrepancies.

Votes go missing?  How would you know?  Did *your* vote get counted
correctly?

With the ATM, I know whether my deposits and withdrawals are accurate.  I've
got the paper to back them up.  I get my statement in the mail every month.

What does a voter have to back up his electronic vote?  Nothing. Zip. Nada.

db

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx / rob@xxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 4:41 PM
>
> Sometimes I wonder who sponsors these websites.  Is it strictly the legal
> eagles from one party or another who want to drag on the process or
> manipulate the voting in any way possible until the result is that their
> candidate is a clear winner?
>
> Any who trusts manual counting of paper ballots?  I stopped using the
> tellers at the banks and started using the ATM machines for my deposits
> because the tellers kept shorting my deposits.  I've never had this
> problem at an ATM.
>
> Rob Berendt