[ale] Voting machines

[Bruno Bronosky]

Yeah, I don't think we should engage it support or position to political
candidates or parties on this list. We have, however, discussed policies
since it's inception. We have always limited those policy discussions to
what is relevant to Open Source software. I would like to think that we can
ignore the candidates and come together around the idea that transparent
and accurate elections are essential. As "software socialists" I don't
think any of us are likely to find a politician* we would feel justified in
advocating** for to this audience (**which is what we all want to avoid).
For that reason I don't think we need to be afraid to discuss voting
technology.

* I've never heard of a major politician insisting that any software
purchased by the government is owned by the tax payers and that at a
minimum we should all be free to run it, but ultimately we should also be
Free to exercise the 4 Freedoms of Free Software.

On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 10:24 PM SpaXpert, Inc. <spaxpert at gmail.com> wrote:

> It's the biggest hot potato of the century Bruno.  I get it that nobody
> wants to speak up because that could cause a huge political divide amongst
> the ALE group. We really don't need this discourse as we all seem to get
> along here with our problem solving and missions in mind.
> Take care man.
> Doug
>
> On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 11:16 PM Bruno Bronosky via Ale <ale at ale.org>
> wrote:
>
>> I know this used to be a big issue with this group. I'm surprised there's
>> no talk of it now.
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