OT Re: [ale] Politics: Senators Clinton and Kerry Submit Open Voting Bill

[Mike Murphy]

While I have no problem with discussing electronic voting, especially 
with reference to OSS intitiatives thereof, I prefer to keep that 
seperate from outward political screeds, please. Believe it or not, 
there are going to be some "extreme liberals" on this list as well which 
will likely take offense. No one here benefits from a politics flame war 
(in the same way no one here benefits from the usual SPAM flame wars, or 
the "my distro is better than yours" flame wars). If one wants to 
broadcast their political views, please please please go somewhere more 
appropriate to do it.

I realize this is like the little boy putting his finger in the dike, 
but I feel compelled to express this now before this discussion leads us 
any further affield.

Also: Please label these OT if they are OT (and in my opinion this is, 
so I have).

Mike


Jonathan Rickman wrote:
> Well a brief glance at the bill reveals it to be a "Boss Tom/Mayor
> Daley" ballot box stuffing initiative, disguised as meaningful reform.
> Restoring the right of felons to vote (for Democrats), allowing for
> last minute registration (of Democrats following Bruce Springs-teen
> and the like) at the polls with questionable ID provisions, among
> other things that I haven't dug fully into yet (cough cough, illegal
> aliens), is nothing more than an attempt to engineer elections IMO.
> What a terrible shame that an important issue like this is being
> twisted and used as a vehicle for electioneering. But I suppose it is
> to be expected in times like these, when the Democrats have written
> off mainstream America and instead are focused on brute forcing the
> elections through sheer numbers...regardless of the makeup of the
> voters who constitute those numbers and their grasp of the issues, or
> lack thereof. Oh well, given the preponderence of extreme liberalism
> in the tech community and particularly in the electronic voting reform
> segment it shouldn't come as any real surprise.
> 
> --
> Jonathan
> 
> 
> On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 22:05:05 -0500, Mark Wright
> <mpwright at speedfactory.net> wrote:
> 
>>I agree,  READ it first before you start to clap your hands.  I think I
>>heard (complete scuttle butt warning) that the bill included provisions
>>for illegal aliens to vote.
>>
>>
>>On Feb 27, 2005, at 9:18 PM, Geoffrey wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Jonathan Rickman wrote:
>>>
>>>>On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 16:31:25 -0500, Randal Jarrett <rsj at radio.org>
>>>>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>Politics: Senators Clinton and Kerry Submit Open Voting Bill
>>>>
>>>>God help me! I'm about to admit I support something spawned by the two
>>>>greatest threats to this country's continued prosperity and
>>>>sovereignty in my lifetime. All kidding aside, depending on the text
>>>>of the bill, this is something that needs to happen. Something tells
>>>>me that there is something else wrapped up in this bill though. I'll
>>>>have to read up on it.
>>>
>>>Agreed, I must say, we're in the same boat Jonathan...
>>>
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