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Old 11-03-2008, 12:09 AM
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Problem is, Diebold (who makes the machine) does not guarantee accuracy! Voting machines are unreliable and inaccurate
I have to tell you that my area uses the Diebold touch screens, and I am more concerned about voter fraud issues occurring with those than I was concerned with the standard "low tech" butterfly ballots that caused such an uproar a couple years ago.

Of course I also watched the "Hacking Democracy" documentary on HBO a few months back - which is basically all about Diebold machines and errors. So that didn't help.

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I have to tell you that my area uses the Diebold touch screens, and I am more concerned about voter fraud issues occurring with those than I was concerned with the standard "low tech" butterfly ballots that caused such an uproar a couple years ago.

Of course I also watched the "Hacking Democracy" documentary on HBO a few months back - which is basically all about Diebold machines and errors. So that didn't help.

Me, too. I went through the demonstration class with my aunt, and I'm terribly unimpressed. I wouldn't be at all surprised if the problems in Ohio & Pennsylvania tie things up.
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