Voting Machine Critics Rally Across U.S.

[GreenPartyVoter]

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - A coalition of activists around the nation held rallies in state capitals to publicize their fears about paperless voting systems.

In Maryland, more than 100 activists demonstrated Tuesday outside the State House demanding that voting machines be equipped with printers before the November election.

Participants in the "Computer Ate My Vote" campaign said paperless voting systems are poorly programmed and prone to hackers, fraud and software bugs.

VerifiedVoting.org, which organized the campaign, said rallies were held in 19 states.

http://apnews1.iwon.com/article/20040714/D83QJJ880.html

[LittleApple81]

1. I wonder if by any chance watching the House's committee discussion

on this issue convinced some of these people to join.
Bev Harris has done such a great job, but the "TIN FOIL CONSPIRACY" tag the repugs try to attach to her and her group might cloud the sheeple to see what is really going on.
But after I watched that mockery I WAS SCREAMING at the TV (I stayed up late to watch the whole circus). The women in charge of voting in 3 states (Georgia, California, and Maryland) were up after the experts gave their assessment... the women, especially the one from Georgia, were pitiful. WE CANNOT SPEND MORE MONEY, LET'S USE THE MACHINES THIS ELECTION AND THEN WE CAN WORRY ABOUT EXAMINING THE SYSTEM IN MORE DETAIL basically.

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. Budget crunches are definitely affecting the situation and giving *co a

win on this subject by default.