Feeling good about the recall petitions? You should be worried instead.

[HomerRamone]

(4) There have been serious questions raised in the past about the ethics and ideology of ES&S, the provider of voting systems in Wisconsin, and/or about the reliability of their machines.

(5) The vote counting software, as well as the memory cards used in a specific election, have been declared proprietary and therefore off-limits to public scrutiny, either before or after the election.

(6) We, the public, do NOT currently have the legal right to insist on on random independent audits of vote counts.

(7) There is ample circumstantial evidence that the lack of public accountability and/or reliability in electronic vote counts have tipped crucial past elections.

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[tblue]

1. Sigh....

I hate that. It's not a democracy if it's NOT A DEMOCRACY!!!

[niyad]

2. before we even get to that--I worry about the recall petitions being certified--can we even trust

those people?

[dragonlady]

3. You can trust the noonpartisan GAB to administer this fairly

The Republicans may try some funny business in the courts, but I don't think they will ultimately prevail.

[HomerRamone]

4. They can't guarantee that what's going on inside the machines is legit! nt

[dragonlady]

5. I absolutely agree with you about that

If the GAB programmed all the optical scan machines, I'd feel a lot better. As far as the petitions, though, we don't have to worry.

[librechik]

6. Number 1 reason: The Repubs are in charge of counting them.