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Retired engineer and community activist. I have worked on the environment, integrity in elections, and good government since retirement. Was a world traveller while working.
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Thursday, November 8, 2007
Why I worry about computerized voting A mistake in computer programming created ballots which were not properly coded for processing. This led to additional work required by the elections office, to do a workaround. But more worrisome than that, it is a solid example of the fact that computer programming and verivication of those programs is not an adequate way to run elections. The solution is hand-counted paper ballots.
Thursday, November 8, 2007Why I worry about computerized voting A mistake in computer programming created ballots which were not properly coded for processing. This led to additional work required by the elections office, to do a workaround. But more worrisome than that, it is a solid example of the fact that computer programming and verivication of those programs is not an adequate way to run elections. The solution is hand-counted paper ballots.
