Comments on: Colo. Bans Most Electronic Voting Machines

Security Risks, Inaccuracy Cited; Federal Certification Process Called "Inadequate"

[lochlan-2009]

To make a flawless voting system:

1: People go and vote. They get back a paper receipt showing what they voted for and a spontaneous number (1234wxyz, no names) to verify their vote later, at any time on, the internet. The voting office gets a receipt with the same number and information. (Both are signed by the voter before the office receipt is dropped into a secure collection box).

2: That number goes on one of several servers that shows every number in the country (no names) and what those numbers voted for. (Now anyone can tally the total votes live on the web).

3: Anyone can go and check that their vote was counted accurately by going to one of these sites, and checking that the number and information on their receipt match correctly with the number and information on the internet.

4: If the information is incorrect they can file a complaint that checks the voters receipt and the one at the voting office. (Errors are recorded and corrected).

*All votes are viewable by number (no names) at any time on the web as public record.

**The back-up receipts are at the offices and with the voters for any technical errors, and I would also dedicate a server "off-line" to prevent worms or viruses.

[mudrose-2009]

Oh, excuse me, NO MORE HANGING CHADS!

[gunownerdan]

If you love big government, high taxes, and the destruction of our constitutional rights, then Dr. Ron Paul is not for you.

[alphaa10-2009]

The 2000 Florida election fiasco demonstrates the need for verification through an auditable paper trail. Amazingly enough, many states STILL lack such verification-- although some claim their shiny new voting machines are "ready" for 2008.

Ready, by what standard? When congress passed the 2002 Help America Vote Act (HAVA), it gave billions in new business to voting machine makers (all of them run by Republicans). The original legislation provided for an auditable and consistent voting process in place by 2004.

However, instead of the built-in audit measures required by HAVA, the nation got only an unseemly feeding frenzy by the GOP voting machine makers over HAVA money. These voting machine makers, like Diebold, "forgot" to provide for critical audit features-- the part of HAVA that was its very reason for being.

HAVA spending has been so poorly managed, so inconsistent in meeting its stated goals, we can surmise only that HAVA''s billions were fresh pork for major GOP contributors, first and foremost.

While Bush can harangue other nations about failure to observe democratic principles, democracy must start at home-- no gerrymandered electoral districts, no hacked electronic voting machines, no mockery of due process with people with Padilla, no NSA warrantless spying on Americans, and most important of all, no more lies to the American people and their congress about Iraq.

For further information--
www.votetrustusa.org/
www.blackboxvoting.org

[rf35]

Ron Paul? Are you serious? A better choice would be RuPaul!

[mudrose-2009]

NO MORE CHADS!

[jn122736]

Re. Post by king77shaw at 10:12 AM : Dec 18, 2007
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I agree those are important steps But I believe a more positive and effective action would be:

Become active in LOCAL politics, at least to the point of knowing the background and intentions of EVERY person running for office in your voting area, from city to county to state to congress as well as president of the United States. And vote in EVERY election you possibly can.

%u201CPolitics begin at home%u201D is not just a clichi it is an axiom.

Almost every politician in government got their start in local, hometown, elections/politics.
Staying informed on how the politicians in office perform and voting for or against them in PRIMARY elections will allow voters to continue to support the party of their choice and keep Good government at the same time.

Unfortunately, Most people only get involved after they have been betrayed and made angry and until then, it is much easier, as my dad was fond of saying, to just %u201Clet George do it%u201D.

[gunownerdan]

"It''s not who votes that counts, it''s who counts the votes."
Joseph Stalin

[jn122736]

I find it curious that the ONLY voting machine supplier that has been Re-certified is %u201CDiebold Election Systems%u201C, the supplier alleged to have been corrupt in the first place.

Why did they change their name to %u201CPremier Election Solutions%u201D, and even more curious is the fact that the politician/official requiring EVERY supplier pass re-certification, is a republican.

If they manage to keep voting machines, with no paper backup in place (Especially with Diebold as the ONLY supplier), they will have a death hold on ALL elections.

We the people will have finally lost the last shred of actual freedom and self-government granted by the constitution.

It would be easy to blame the %u201Cnew republican party%u201D along with corporate power for this, but alas, the blame must go to those responsible for protecting our constitutional rights, and those people, my friends, are we the voting citizens.

Voters, over the last three decades have stood by and/or continued to re-elect the same corrupting politicians year after year while our system has corrupted from within.

It is amazing that after thousands of years, people are still so easily deceived and manipulated by power hungry/greedy Preachers/Ministers and corrupt politicians.

You would think that, by now, we would have gained enough courage to think and act for ourselves instead of being so weak and cowardly.

It is easier to blame others (dems vs reps) than ourselves.

[antizion]

Speaking of voting... Ron Paul just broke the record of raising money in a 24 hour period of over 6 million. Not a peep from the Jewish press...

Join the Ron Paul revolution now and restore democracy to America.