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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (39320)	11/9/2000 11:20:22 AM
From: w0z	Respond to of 70976

This whole thing is a mess..it's time for computerized voting. Imagine a system crash midway through the day. It would make this look a walk in the park. Here in the backwoods of NC (nearest town population 400) we already have computerized voting. The booths are self-contained (individually battery-powered) with electro-luminescent displays using touch screens for data entry. They fold up into suitcase-like carrying cases and their output is a floppy disk. Having each unit self-contained rather than networked ensures there is no such thing as a "system crash"...if one fails (which I've never seen) you simply take it out of service.