Yes, last night I saw a documentary on Diebold and it’s attempts to foist their machines on the public. Their CEO said he would deliver Ohio to Bush,and he did. Computer gurus say the machines can easily be hacked. The Central Tabulator that collates all the voting machines can easily change the votes to anything that is needed. We should NOT trust these machines. Tests have shown time and again that they are not reliable. There is no easy way to check on the results of the final tabulations. We need some sort of paper trail. It was suggested that each voter be given a printed read-out of their voting results before leaving the booth to check if the machine did not "accidentally" screw things up. They would not leave the booth unless the results were what they had intended.
Yes, last night I saw a documentary on Diebold and it’s attempts to foist their machines on the public. Their CEO said he would deliver Ohio to Bush,and he did. Computer gurus say the machines can easily be hacked. The Central Tabulator that collates all the voting machines can easily change the votes to anything that is needed. We should NOT trust these machines. Tests have shown time and again that they are not reliable. There is no easy way to check on the results of the final tabulations. We need some sort of paper trail. It was suggested that each voter be given a printed read-out of their voting results before leaving the booth to check if the machine did not "accidentally" screw things up. They would not leave the booth unless the results were what they had intended.