#1 at Yahoo with 6 votes (so far)..."E-Voting Oversight Overwhelms..."

[deek]

E-Voting Oversight Overwhelms U.S. Agency

By RACHEL KONRAD, Associated Press Writer

SAN JOSE, Calif. - As alarm mounts over the integrity of the ATM-like voting machines 50 million Americans will use in the November election, a new federal agency has begun scrutinizing how to safeguard electronic polling from fraud, hackers and faulty software.

But the tiny U.S. Election Assistance Commission says it is so woefully underfunded that it can't be expected to forestall widespread voting machine problems, which would cast doubt on the election's integrity.

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But the EAC lacks the authority to enforce any such standards and the agency's first annual report, released Friday, is apt to disappoint anyone who had high expectations.

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"I wish the EAC luck, but oversight of these systems is illusory," said Kim Alexander, president of the California Voter Foundation. "As long as federal voting system standards are voluntary, voters across the country will not have the peace of mind they need to feel confident in their voting systems."

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more.......http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/electronic_voting

[Melodybe]

1. Awesome we have to keep this one up there

Our two biggest challenges this year are the repub whore media and e-voting. If we can have a fair election Kerry will win. The bushistas know it, shrub is only at about 35% approval right now, not good for an incumbent, not good at all.

Americans don't like cheaters and any fight from the repugs only makes them look crooked. We win both ways.

Thank god for Bev and co.

We are starting a letter writing campaign to stop e voting, anyone else worried about e-voting should too. It definitely makes you start to feel a whole lot better once you do.

[shraby]

2. Is it legal and possible

to get the majority of voters to demand a paper ballot only at the polls?

[deek]

4. homework assignment:

check out www.blackboxvoting.com

[fearnobush]

3. I gave it a 5, Funny how the Media Whores Make no Mention

of this story at all on their talking head whore shows. Typical Media whores for Bu$h, Whores against what we once had in this country...a democracy.

[Bozita]

5. Rated at 4.0 with 102 votes

[robbedvoter]

6. Freepers got to it - vote it up