Comments on: Why does the US rely on the latest technology for all parts of the voting process?

By: suspendor

suspendor — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:50:54 +0000

Eveer hear of ballot box stuffing? Americans have made an artform of this for decades, if not centuries. And those old lever machines didn’t allow certain combinations of votes. If you wanted a Democrat governor and a Republican senator, the machine would kick one of those votes out and vote the ‘wrong’ way for you. I’d like to see Internet Voting, but I don’t see any way to secure it so that ONLY qualified americans can use it.

By: mediocritis

mediocritis — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:46:42 +0000

It’s an attempt to help the poor ignorant voters in Florida to do it right for once… Remember the loose chads?

By: xyz

xyz — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:25:58 +0000

Because it makes it easy to manipulate the vote out come like they did in Florida

By: Em E

Em E — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:05:47 +0000

Yes. We had mechanical voting machines for decades. You disappear behind a curtain and pull the crank to clear the machine when finished moving levers. I’ve read those old monsters are the most precise.

By: Jesi

Jesi — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:55:41 +0000

We went to an electronic voting system BECAUSE of fraud with paper ballots.

Each machine has a paper trail that is printed out before the machines are quarantined after the elections.

There is a paper trail, your assumption is incorrect. The CBC isn’t the reliable news source it once was, they are slaves to your liberal government.

By: valleybrook515

valleybrook515 — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:49:59 +0000

it’s easier to tamper with the votes, obviously.

someone thought something was broken, like the voters had too much power.

By: san_ann68

san_ann68 — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:58:57 +0000

maybe they dont want a paper trail