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Will 'controlled open source' software take over election work? (NewsForge)Will 'controlled open source' software take over election work? (NewsForge)Posted Aug 19, 2004 19:06 UTC (Thu) by crouchet (guest, #1084)In reply to: Will 'controlled open source' software take over election work? (NewsForge) by QuisUtDeus Parent article: Will 'controlled open source' software take over election work? (NewsForge)
Unfortunately one of the selling points of e-voting is that the costs of a recount are negligible because it just consists of having the computer add up the same numbers again and get the same result. Eventually the idea of a recount would fall into disuse.
To a public official that looks quite attractive from both a political and financial standpoint. It becomes easy to accept the justification that it does not matter because the overall result will be more accurate anyway.
Democracy is messy and expensive. When we try to avoid that reality we only dilute our own power.
JC
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Will 'controlled open source' software take over election work? (NewsForge) Posted Aug 19, 2004 19:17 UTC (Thu) by Baylink (subscriber, #755) [Link] Florida (duh) is embroiled in a controversy right now because the non-direct-recording electronic voting machines in use in the state violate the state statute requiring something which can be independently recounted -- Miami/Dade has outlawed touchscreens, falling back on scantrons which *can* be counted by hand, if necessary.
A *whole lot* of people (hopefully including ex-Sarasote stripper and US Senatorial candidate Katherine Harris) are gonna lose their jobs this year...
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