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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Triffin who wrote (1841)	11/11/2000 4:56:06 PM
From: TraderGreg	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

Absolutely a great idea to eliminate this paper voting crap...whatever the development cost it will easily re-coup the labor intensity of this current method(not to mention save a few trees<g>) I've been using ATMs for 30 years to do far more complex transactions that tabulating votes. Long overdue. TG

To: Triffin who wrote (1841)	11/11/2000 5:24:49 PM
From: Kevin McKenzie	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6710

Do you think electronic voting is less prone to mistakes and tampering than is paper-punch voting? Don't you think a screen layout could be designed in a more or less confusing way, just as a paper-punch ballot can be? I'm not disagreeing with your opinion that voting should be electronic. I'm just pointing out that there is no panacea for human error or malice. As I understand it, not too long ago machine tabulation was considered more reliable than hand counting. Now, some are arguing that hand counting is more reliable because it allows the tabulators to divine the true intent of the voter. 200 years from now, when each citizen has a wire plugged directly into his/her head, that allows him/her to vote telepathically, a vote will be close, and the citizens will demand that each voter record his/her vote on paper, so the votes can be properly audited. There will be allegations made by the Socialist Party that the Green Party (whose candidate narrowly won the 13 Guam electoral votes) somehow made 3,000 Guamians think about the wrong candidate right when the votes were tabulated. The only reason this is an issue, is because the vote is so close.