Monday, June 14, 2004

Electronic voting slammed by League of Women Voters members
Looks like the League of Women Voters is getting its dog wagged by the tail. According to an AP story running on CNN.com, "A battle over electronic voting is threatening the cohesion of the nonpartisan League of Women Voters, whose national leadership is refusing to endorse demands by hundreds of members for a paper trail to guard against fraud, hackers and malfunctions."

Someone should explain to either the AP writer or the ladies that a paper trail doesn't guard against anything. It's simply a reporting tool, like the government's recent report on terrorism indicating that terrorist activity had dropped... Strong security and a reasonable firewall should be able to handle fraud and hackers. If the system malfunctions, then, by definition, no paper trail would be available any way.

Those who do not understand technology are doomed to report about it inaccurately.
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