[MD] Voting

[Arlo Bensinger]

I have no trouble with a certain amount of "faith" in a process, or in the 
people who run, govern or oversee a process. But one must balance between 
transferring one's agency to others and demanding a certain amount of 
oversight.  The problem, or part of the problem, as I see it, is that 
"victory for the party" trumps any and all other considerations. Had the 
sworm testimony of the computer programmer been that he had been asked by a 
DEMOCRAT to write code to rig an election, right-wing radio would be awash 
with alarm and trumpets of corruption. And left-wing media channels would 
be more-or-less dismissive of the problem. But fraud is fraud, and I no 
more want a democrat to be elected by fraud than a republican. And, yes, 
there are problems with paper ballots, and the possibility for rigged 
elections is omnipresent. Which is precisely WHY we should strive for 
direction that minimizes the threat, not gives it room to grow.

Arlo


At 03:52 PM 8/29/2006, you wrote:
>Aha, there we go again ... "blind trust" ;-)
>Same old issue.
>Ian