[MD] Voting

Wed Aug 8 02:03:06 PDT 2007

How low does your confidence the voting system have to fall before, you consider the result to be void and take to the streets? 

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> Sent: 08 August 2007 09:55
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> Subject: Re: [MD] Voting
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> Greetings,
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> My state is switching from a mechanical voting system to an Optical 
> Scanning system.  On Monday I went to a training session on the new 
> system.  I am concerned.  People were discouraged from attending the 
> second half of the session dealing with testing.  The new testing 
> procedure was explained as being equivalent to the testing done on 
> the mechanical system.  While the testing was the same physical 
> procedure, it did not address the differences between a mechanical 
> system of accumulating and a software (proprietary) method of 
> accumulating.   Auditing software is a total different can of 
> worms.  When I challenged that there was a difference not be 
> addressed, my question was tactfully discarded by a state 
> representative.  I was probably the only attendee who had IT 
> experience and understood the dangers.
> 
> I have BIG questions about voting?
> 
> Marsha
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>   Marsha
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