Dr. Dean devotes his first column to the dangers of E-voting

[CatWoman]

Electronic Voting - Not Ready For Prime Time
By Howard Dean




June 01, 2004, 2004
Tuesday


In December 2000, five Supreme Court justices concluded that a recount in the state of Florida's presidential election was unwarranted. This, despite the desire of the Florida Supreme Court to order a statewide recount in an election that was decided by only 537 votes. In the face of well-documented voting irregularities throughout the state, the U.S.

Supreme Court's decision created enormous cynicism about whether the votes of every American would actually be counted. Although we cannot change what happened in Florida, we have a responsibility to our democracy to prevent a similar situation from happening again.

Some politicians believe a solution to this problem can be found in electronic voting. Recently, the federal government passed legislation encouraging the use of "touch screen" voting machines even though they fail to provide a verifiable record that can be used in a recount. Furthermore, this equipment cannot even verify as to whether a voter did indeed cast a ballot for their intended candidate. Unfortunately, this November, as many as 28% of Americans - 50 million people - will cast ballots using machines that could produce such unreliable and unverifiable results.

http://www.sitnews.us/HowardDean/060104_dean.html

[Straight Shooter]

1. Howard Dean understands priorities

Good column. Very even tone, no rant. That will disappoint the Repubs :evilgrin:

[stickdog]

2. Yes, this has to be PRIORITY number one. And it's a nonpartisan issue!

[RedEagle]

3. Kick