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Wednesday, November 22, 2006 12:00 AM

Did voting machines steal a Democratic victory?

In Katherine Harris' old Florida district, more than 18,000 votes went missing -- and a Republican won a House seat by 369 votes.

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  • Tuesday, November 21, 2006 09:55 PM

    "double receipts" won't improve elections.

    The problem with paper is vote buying.

    If you give a receipt that the voter can carry out the door it will be used as proof for liquor, drugs or money.

    After many years in the computer business I advocate paper ballots. Count them by hand or OCR them but give every voter a piece of paper on which to cast their vote. Simple, cheap and verifiable.

    The tricky part is to be sure each voter turns in the ballot they were given by a poll worker so no pre-marked ballots find their way into the system.

    The old liquor, drugs or money method was to send in a voter with a pre-marked ballot and give them their goods in exchange for the blank ballot they were given inside. Not a good way to run an fair election...

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