[ale] OT: Free Showing of "Invisible Ballots", Thursday, 3/16, 7:00pm, UUCA

[Charles Shapiro]

Heh. I'll leave it at that. I agree that a 100% accurate vote would be a
great thing.

-- CHS


On 3/16/06, Jim Popovitch <jimpop at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Charles Shapiro wrote:
> > Jim, I honestly doubt that your first sentence is correct. The
> > financial industry has had almost a generation's experience with
> > electronic transactions, and yet every bank I know of still wants all
> >  activity tied ultimately to physical pieces of paper.
>
> I don't know about that Charles.  With 2 exceptions, I haven't written
> a paper check in 2 years, and I get zero paper (sans a few adverts) from
> my bank.  If I could get Kroger and all other Visa transactions to NOT
> issue paper receipts I would be quite happy.  Btw, why is it that CVS
> can keep my insurance information on file and online even, but force me
> to walk out the store with a wad of paperwork and receipts?  Why do all
> my Doctors (medical/dental/eye) have me fill out the near-same stack of
> paperwork every other year?  Why can't I just give them my info
> electronically?
>
> > We agree that 'The problem with today's electronic voting is that it
> > just isn't mature enough". We disagree only on whether it will ever
> > be mature enough.
> >
> > That said, I don't necessarily object to computers and electronics in
> > certain election roles. I'm happy to have my paper ballot
> > machine-counted, as long as it exists and can be re-counted on
> > different machines.  But surely my vote is as sacred as my money?
>
> Frankly, with the way money is thrown around *before* actual votes (in
> the form of "walking money", bribes, kick-backs, van drivers, etc) I
> think your vote is about as sacred as a cow (an American cow that is).
> In my opinion Electronic voting is the only hope to bring integrity into
> the American voting system.  And yes, I want fingerprints and/or RFID'ed
> state-issued licenses incorporated into the process too!  To heck with
> personal privacy concerns, lets get at least one 100% accurate vote in
> this country, we are a 230 years old after all.
>
> -Jim P.
>
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