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09 Sep 2008, 9:58 am

A good many states have installed electronic voting but it seems the systems are so flawed that an election can be stolen with ease.

See http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~seclab/projects/voting/



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09 Sep 2008, 10:01 am

Is any voting reliable?


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09 Sep 2008, 10:05 am

Are some methods better than others?



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09 Sep 2008, 11:55 am

If it can be haxx0rzed, it's not a reliable system...



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09 Sep 2008, 1:53 pm

Is e-voting reliable?

No. Because the companies behind the voting machines are privatized and have lobbyists, it is not reliable from square one.
There are too many problems that I can list with electronic voting.


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09 Sep 2008, 2:43 pm

Let us face the facts, Obama will win because he's the best liar. The fake voting machines are there to make you think you're doing your part.



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09 Sep 2008, 2:50 pm

^^^Right on.


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09 Sep 2008, 5:18 pm

As currently implemented, I feel it is insecure.

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09 Sep 2008, 5:36 pm

What could possibly be unreliable about a system that registers negative votes in the 1000s in an electorate that has registered voters in the 100s? "Nothing suss"



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10 Sep 2008, 9:06 am

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