Re: R: Re: CHAT (POLITICS!!!): Putting the duh in Florida

At 12/1/00 10:43 AM -0500, you wrote:
>Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> > Hmmm ... how many counters do you have?  Personally, I think we should
> > go electronic.  Electronic voting machines are more accurate, and have
> > less chance of accidental invalidation (i.e., people voting for two
> > different people), and count instantly.
>
>Except when they decide to reboot themselves and ignore the first 350+
>people who voted.
Or if someone finds a way to hack the system to change the votes or the
means by which votes are tallied. If it was discovered, there would be no
way to know what the  legitimate votes were.




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