2002-11-14
Voting machines
A third world country decided to go democratic, turning to the USA for guidance. On a limited budget, they could only afford second-hand equipment and got some voting machines from the city of Chicago.
With great fanfare, they held their election, with Fyodor Guantanamo running against Kwame Santahara.
The winner was ...
Richard J. Daley.
[From RISKS-FORUM Digest 22.38]
2002-11-11
Scary...
"The sad fact is that the legitimacy of government in the United States will remain in question as long as over 98% of the vote is tabulated by machines that can be easily rigged, impossible to audit, and owned by a handful of private companies. Until we get rid of those voting machines, democracy in America may be a distant memory."
Lynne Landes
[From http://www.ecotalk.org/VotingSecurity.htm]