I'm still a big fan of paper ballots. Sure they can be corrupted too, but not so easily. Surely democracy is important enough to take the trouble to scratch a mark on a piece of paper.
I agree with both of you. The answer is to print out a backup ballot that the voter then can check and deposit in a ballot box so recounts are possible.
I remember the near riots in 2000, and wonder how many times we could go through that before a public crisis. Once was a big deal, if it starts to happen every election, were in big trouble.
This is not the America I was brought up to believe in.
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I'm still a big fan of paper ballots. Sure they can be corrupted too, but not so easily.
Surely democracy is important enough to take the trouble to scratch a mark on a piece of paper.
By Cartledge, at 10:40 AM
How the hell is this corporatized voting nonsense not on the front page of every paper in the nation?! It's wrong, wrong, wrong.
How dare they try to keep verifiable voting from us?
By Anonymous, at 11:42 AM
I agree with both of you. The answer is to print out a backup ballot that the voter then can check and deposit in a ballot box so recounts are possible.
Mike
By mikevotes, at 1:16 PM
I'm with cartledge, paper ballots.
I remember the near riots in 2000, and wonder how many times we could go through that before a public crisis. Once was a big deal, if it starts to happen every election, were in big trouble.
By Unknown, at 1:46 PM
I think there will be more and more contested elections because the stakes have gotten so high.
Mike
By mikevotes, at 2:01 PM
Seems like a paper backup for what we consider our most sacred right is a reasonable request. How is this even a debate?
By Praguetwin, at 6:31 PM
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