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To: david_langston who wrote (127819)	11/9/2000 4:32:50 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1577167

The equipment needs to be modernized. but not an Internet system just yet. Some systems used are over 35 years old based on hundred-year old designs. The local counties, etc bear the cost of the equipment used for these national elections. The federal government should give block grants to all local governing bodies for purchase of new equipment to speed accurate and tamper-proof ballot counts. Dave, I took my GREs last year and they had a system that wasn't truly computerized but there was a monitor. I knew my results 10 minutes after I completed the tests for. I would hope we could get something like that into place soon for voting. ted

To: david_langston who wrote (127819)	11/9/2000 5:04:53 PM
From: Joe NYC	Respond to of 1577167

Dave, The federal government should give block grants to all local governing bodies for purchase of new equipment to speed accurate and tamper-proof ballot counts. That's only beginning. Another question is who is registered, whose registration is compliant with law and some way to reveal back to each voter back what his vote was. I am not sure about how this could be implemented. I imagine that a lot of people who didn't bother to show up had their vote "counted" anyway. Some volunteers actually end up being very helpful and pick the candidates for non-participants. Joe