Comments on: Security Bites 118: Voting in America

Brian Chess and Jacob West of Fortify talk about electronic voting with CNET's Robert Vamosi.

[Philips]

He-he. I see this fly right into the face of naysayers who think that McCain has no chances left to win the election.

[UITD]

Well, if the left-wing liberal media would stop posting flawed poll numbers, then maybe the nation would get the truth about who might win. Problem is that this liberal media that we have in the USA is so hell-bent on getting a liberal whacko elected that when the REAL polling results come in, those who follow the media like the sheep that they are, are floored when they see that their guy isnt going to win. Even with all of their shaky voting practices and fraud.

I do not think that the nation should see these polls at all. Who cares? We're just furthering the pack mentality. If the liberal media says that Obama is winning then the remaining sheep want to pile behind the supposed winner. This is what the liberal media fools hope will happen.

I think we can all make up our own minds. We dont need any biased media telling us what is supposed to happen and how we are supposed to make it so.

[Dalkorian]

I do not think that the nation should see these polls at all.
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That was the one statement I can agree with. All that "left-wing liberal media" bull is laughable though - you realize that "liberal media" just means "unwilling to kill fuhrer bushit's backside like faux news does".

Oh, and you should be prepared - mcSHAME has no chance whatsoever unless he cheats the election like fuhrer bushit did. That's the consequence of 8 years of trying to ruin America. Repukes are toast.

A VOTE FOR MCSHAME IS A TREASONOUS ACT AGAINST AMERICA!

[William Crow]

Would electronic voting allow for some type of voter ID? Sounds likely. But not good for Democrats.

[sythara]

Its not who casts the vote that matters, but one who counts it.

[Tom Budlong]

This focuses on the mechanics of voting.

As interesting, and ultimately more important, is the 'electoral system'. In one different electoral system, voters would rate candidates from 1-10. The highest cumulative score wins. A system better than our current one would presumably guard against the 'Nader Effect', where it is suspected that Ralph Nader and Al Gore split votes enough to let George Bush collect the most of the three.

My information comes from a book review in the Nov-Dec 2008 issue of American Scientist. The book is 'Gaming the Vote: Why Elections Aren't Fair (and What We Can Do About It), by William Poundstone (Hill & Wang).

A wide discussion on the topic can only be beneficial.

[jafinnie]

It is "who counts the votes" what matters.The issue of "hanging chads" in 2000 was a phony issue. I've used them. If more than one chad is out then the vote for the office is discounted. During one election it took 45 minutes for the courier to make a 15 minute trip. Strangely enough only one candidate had no "double picks" the other candidate got NO votes from this area because only the ballots that were double marked were the ones for him. I have also used the computers and have seen abuses with them.
I have had no problem with ANY type of ballot I have used. If a person cannot figure it out even with all the help you get to understand how to use which ever method is being used, then you should stay home because you are too stupid to vote.
I have also noted that the only areas that have recounts and complaints of voter fraud, or where people have said they were kept from voting are run by democrats.
Ohio had thousands and thousands of people come into the state to get out the vote. They were put up in houses for at least a 30 day period. In Ohio you are allowed to register and vote if you have an address for at least 30 days. Many of those that came into Ohio to get out the vote admitted that they themselves had registered and voted in Ohio even though they had homes in other states. There are over 200,000 new registrations. Micky and Minnie are registered many times, but we cannot question these registrations. Yes the secretary of state this election cycle is a democrat.
To slow voter fraud down we need to eliminate motor voter, use picture ID's to vote, live 6 months in a state before you can GO IN to register and other than absentee ballots there should be no early voting. If it is too inconvenient for to get to the polls with all the people who will pick you up and take you to vote then you don't need to vote.
For years this has worked and now all of a sudden it doesn't? I don't think so.

[lkbrown5]

I agree--but alos who purges the voter rolls. Yes this is happening AGAIN.

[lkbrown5]

It's worse than the article suggests.

Democracy as we know it ended in the US. Sigh.
http://www.truthout.org/110308A