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

To: chomolungma who wrote (6272)	12/14/2000 11:08:28 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Respond to of 6710

The poorer the system, the easier it is to commit fraud, which by many accounts is the norm in poor, urban areas Haha, I think you need some better sources of information. Look, in 1960, Nixon was embarrassed to bitch about vote fraud in Chicago because his side committed it in equal measure in downstate Illinois. Things haven't changed all that much since then. You may be on to something. I say the Republicans have no motivation to get rid of the Votomatics in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. You are probably right that the Dems would prefer a certain level of looseness to the system for the sake of opportunism. I don't doubt it. But I'm completely unwilling, as you are, to see things from betwixt the blinders of ideology. I prefer facts. A system of computerization and verification would make voter fraud much more difficult. Now you are showing true naivete. Some of the geeks I know, and most of the alt.2600 crowd I don't, can't wait for this opportunity. This is rife with complexity, and it truly puts the election in the hands of the wizards of oz behind their curtains. I reject this idea whole-heartedly. The Canadians have a system that works. If we were smart, we emulate their method. But I know we won't due to our ridiculous "not invented here" bias. Computers make fraud more difficult? Let me repeat a line I used yesterday: What planet are you from? Computers simply make it easier for software engineers to have their way. Regards, Ray