(AP NEWS) E-Voting Machine Crash Deepens Concerns

I like the press quote--makes you feel good about voting, eh?

Dan S.

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(from full story, below)
"Heat is a very serious problem for these machines, especially in Louisiana and Florida," said Dan Spillane, former senior testing engineer of touch-screens for a small equipment manufacturer in Seattle. "Basically, these things work in the secretary of state's office. Outside of that, no one knows."

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041013/ap_on_el_ge/e_voting_palm_beach_2

E-Voting Machine Crash Deepens Concerns
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Elections - AP

By RACHEL KONRAD, AP Technology Writer

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - A computer crash that forced a pre-election test of electronic voting machines to be postponed was trumpeted by critics as proof of the balloting technology's unreliability.

The incident in Palm Beach County — which is infamous for its hanging and pregnant chads during the 2000 presidential election — did not directly involve the touch-screen terminals on which nearly one in three U.S. voters will cast ballots on Election Day.

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[leftchick]

1. for God's sakes!!!!

Pulease Give the people of Florida PEN AND PAPER To Vote with!!!!

[Eloriel]

4. And give Palm Beach County

to Afghanistan and be DONE with it.

[leftchick]

7. how about the whole state?

sorry Floridians (I used to be one) but between Jebbie and his opperatives statewide, FL is officially a Banana Republic! :(

[whistle]

2. Just bring back the ballot boxes

...of course republicans have ordered 50% fewer ballots be printed. Look for long lines of voters being turned away at the polls on Nov 2.

[VegasWolf]

3. "Basically, these things work in the secretary of state's office.

Outside of that, no one knows." Fuck, this is it, give FLA
to awol! I'm moving to a nice little chateau about an hour
out of Paris.

New Information Shows Bush Indecisive, Paranoid, Delusional

[lovuian]

5. They Don't Work!!!

And American shouldn't trust them!!!

[Southpaw Bookworm]

6. The evil that is Diebold

My college has a contract with them to provide software and machines for a pay-for-printing system in the computer labs and library. It has been crap since Day One, and Day One was more than a year after it should have been in place. Out of six campuses, it has only ever worked at two of them, and one of the machines that allows students to put money on their student IDs to use as a debit card hasn't worked in a month despite repairs and added parts.

Everytime one of my colleagues complains, I remind them that this is the same company that is going to be responsible for e-voting in the U.S.

:scared: