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Thursday, November 2, 2006 12:00 AM

"Hacking Democracy"

On Tuesday, 40 percent of voters will cast ballots on electronic touch-screens. If you're not worried already about the dangers of paperless voting, this HBO documentary will blow your mind.

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  • Wednesday, November 1, 2006 09:39 PM

    Blame Canada

    Paper ballots, put in a locked box in front of several witnesses from all interested parties. After the polls close, those same paper ballots are counted, again in the presence of witnesses, and the results are known the same night. Old school. Low tech. Damned Canadians, them and their health care and their simple voting system. Computerization is NOT the answer, and it has nothing to do with handicapped access. It has to do with rigging the elections, not randomly or in particularly corrupt cities ( see Chicago), but everywhere. Until we change this we're screwed.

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