[ale] OT: electronic voting info

F. Grant Robertson f.g.robertson at alexiongroup.com
Tue Sep 23 20:53:17 EDT 2003


Unfortunately no.. I mean, I'm sure the EFF would love to help, but I think
they are a little busy. The people that would normally be on your side in
this case, the ACLU, certainly would love to defend your right to question
the election process but, in order to make their case on punch cards, they
need an alternative.

Note to Bob.. ^^^ there is your answer for why the ACLU isn't "involved".
They are. And as for the EFF, maybe they could do something if they had Pick
one:(More Support | Less other things to do [DMCA, UTICA, PATRIOT, ad
nauseum]). And as far as the LP goes, good luck. Don't get me wrong, I love
85% of their platform, but if they are as poorly run nationally as they are
in Georgia, you won't catch me holding my breath.

This issue is really getting to me (if the list can't tell).. Like in a Mr.
Smith Goes To Washington kinda gets to me... On "Linda Vester's Dayside"
today, the ACLU Lawyer (and professor at Ohio State) they had discussing the
California recall election stood on the idea that punchcards were
fundamentally flawed like it was gospel.. When confronted with the idea that
his statistics were flawed, and indeed by an Indiana election official(who
said she personally checked every ballot in her precinct in the last
election and found _no_ hanging chads), he steadfastly claimed that it was
"Simply not true", but offered no counter of his own. (well, save for the
ubiquitous "it hurts minorities".. Only second to the all time number one
hit, "It's for the children" )

On another note..  THERE IS A LIST FOR THIS. And I know, I'm as bad as
anyone else, I'm not criticizing anyone here... I'm cc'ing this reply to
that list and, will only continue this thread over there..  For god's sake,
will anyone and everyone on this list that ends up in these _great_ politics
discussions please, please, _please_ join that list?  You'd make Dow and
James and several other people _really_ happy.

ale-politics at knero.net

Could someone post subscribe info? I can't find it.

-G

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org]On Behalf Of Tom &
JaVonn
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 4:04 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Cc: dbaron13 at atl.bellsouth.net
Subject: Re: [ale] OT: electronic voting info


The question is not whether it's sane or not, but whether the states and
companies involved have legal means to keep the current system in place.
Would YOU like to be sued by Diebold or the State of Georgia?  Anybody got a
good lawyer to recommend???

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