Re: Sequoia Voting Machines (was Guess they didn't use an iSeries)

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Its looking like all the electronic systems are fatally flawed then? 
Maybe we'll stay with proved and tried systems?

If we have two Republican-dominated e voting machine companies, and one 
left-leaning company, that is still wrong.  Two rights don't equal a 
left.  You need three rights to equal one left.



rick baird wrote:
> Speaking of Sequoia Voting Systems - I saw this just today:
>
> http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/opinion/14194451.htm
>
> ....Smartmatic International's [aquisition] of California-based
> Sequoia Voting Systems, whose machines serve millions of U.S. voters.
> That Smartmatic -- which has been accused by Venezuela's opposition of
> helping Chávez rig elections in his favor -- now controls a major U.S.
> e-voting firm should give pause to anybody who thinks that replacing
> our antiquated butterfly ballots and hanging chads will restore
> Americans' faith in our electoral process.