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Graduate of MIT and Stevens; 50 years as systems engineer on cutting edge projects, civilian and military; Fifth Air Force, WWII; sworn defender of the Constitution
Tuesday, August 21, 2007 E-votes not private
Two Ohio activists have discovered that e-voting machines made by Election Systems and Software and used across the country produce time-stamped paper trails that permit the reconstruction of an election's results--including allowing voter names to be matched to their actual votes.
Sunday, July 8, 2007 Vote-by-Mail Doesn't Deliver
Thanks to Oregon's experience, some are eager to adopt all-mail elections and abandon polling place voting.
This may be unwise. Reasons:
First class mail, discriminates against low-income communities and dense urban areas
Effect on voter turnout is at best neutral, but may favor affluent voters.
Is more susceptible to corruption than voting at polling places
Is amenable to manipulation by election officials
