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If the problem is people getting access to voter databases, it's really much ado about nothing, since many of those databases are already public, and besides yo
by ConfuciusSay02 10y ago
If the problem is people getting access to voter databases, it's really much ado about nothing, since many of those databases are already public, and besides you can pay a data warehousing company a few bucks and get much more data about any American than what exists in any election database.
If the problem is actually the voting machines, then maybe we should go back to all paper ballots like many other western countries like Canada.
Funny how the proven, reliable and simple solutions are never proposed...
- krapp 10y ago>If the problem is actually the voting machines, then maybe we should go back to all paper ballots like many other western countries like Canada. Problems with paper ballots in the 2000 election are a big reason the US no longer trusts them. No one wants to go back to the days of scrutinizing hanging chads and indistinct pencil marks. Electronic voting has obvious problems but at least you know what a vote is or isn't.
- eric_the_read 10y agoIf it's DRE, you don't actually have any idea what the vote is or isn't. With a paper trail in theory you can at least recount.
- ConfuciusSay02 10y agoAhh, right. A few old people misread those poorly designed ballots, therefore let's use a poorly secured system that is hackable by foreign governments. Or, we could design the ballots to not be confusing? It's funny how other western countries using paper ballots don't have these problems.
- mjevans 10y agoYes, the actual solution is to have a /computer/ make the markings on a ballot, which is then reviewed by human eye, and turned in. Or mail in ballots and trusting that end users know how to fill out 'scantron' like forms from years of testing in public schools.