Lydia Leftcoast
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Mon Mar-14-05 04:12 PM
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Eric J's LTTE made the New York Times! |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/14/opinion/l14vote.html?Note the self-serving letter from the president of Diebold on the same page. :eyes:
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Mon Mar-14-05 04:17 PM
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1. Imagine that, a letter from the President of Diebold in |
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Edited on Mon Mar-14-05 04:18 PM by Ilsa
McKinney Texas advocating for touch screens in the same Opinions column.
Nice letter, Eric. Succinct.
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Eric J in MN
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Mon Mar-14-05 08:15 PM
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5. In the letter by the president of Diebold, |
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this line is intentionally misleading:
"Additionally, optical-scan machines are not "far cheaper than touch-screens." Per unit, the cost of optical scanners is about $1,000 more than a typical touch-screen machine."
The Diebold president omits that only one optical-scanner is needed per precinct in an optical-scan ballot system vs. multiple electronic voting machines for an electronic voting system.
The Diebold president's letter is a con.
If Diebold will blatantly try to deceive us in public, how can we trust them to secretly count the vots?
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Mon Mar-14-05 05:40 PM
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2. Eric, your letter landed the final punch. |
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Good job and congratulations!
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Mon Mar-14-05 06:44 PM
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Tue Mar-15-05 03:01 AM
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6. The first letter was really excellent. n/t |
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Can't wait to see your full-page opinion piece in the NYT!!! (you're going to get one in there soon enough, IMHO) :bounce:
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Tue Mar-15-05 06:24 PM
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9. They should postpone Nicholas Kristof's column |
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