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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 19:17 UTC (Thu) by Baylink (subscriber, #755)
In reply to: Will 'controlled open source' software take over election work? (NewsForge) by crouchet
Parent article: Will 'controlled open source' software take over election work? (NewsForge)

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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