__/ [ Mark Kent ] on Monday 01 January 2007 18:57 \__
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> Peter Hayes <notinuse2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>>> Judge Rules Against Ballot Computer Check
>>>
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>>> | A judge ruled Friday that the Democrat who narrowly lost the race to
>>> | succeed Rep. Katherine Harris cannot examine the programming code of
>>> | the electronic voting machines used in the disputed election.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://money.aol.com/news/articles/_a/judge-rules-against-ballot-compute
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>>> http://tinyurl.com/y7jpoo
>>
>> I am astonished that any jurisdiction claiming to be a democracy even
>> contemplates the use of closed source voting machines let alone actually
>> installs them.
>>
>
> That was pretty much where my thinking is on this, too. Democracy is
> such a fragile creature that it really does need all the nourishment and
> care it can get. Hiding what it's minders are doing from us is not
> helpful. Presumably the UK will head the same way in due course.
There was a nice comment in Slashdot. Something along the lines of:
While this incident doesn't show that sombody is "hacking democracy" (title
of the in/famous documentary), it does show that it is /possible/ to hack
it.
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