[ale] Its over. Maybe

David Corbin dcorbin at machturtle.com
Wed Nov 3 20:20:50 EST 2004


On Wednesday 03 November 2004 19:55, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 19:39 -0500, Geoffrey wrote:
> > I'd still like to be able to verify that my vote was counted properly.
> > You can not do this without a paper trail and review of the source code
> > by an external non-partisan entity.  So closed source isn't that bad, as
> > long as there's more than one entity who knows how it works.
>
> Many people (entities too) have looked at Diebold.  

And most if not all that have looked at Diebold have said it shouldn't be used 
without serious changes.

> I think what you are 
> really saying is that you won't believe your vote counted until YOU see
> the source.  I'm happy trusting others, esp in this case where there has
> been so much recent focus, and esp others more qualified.

I trust others.  But not just any others.  



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