 | | From: | caesarjbsquitti | | Subject: | Elections Machines or Hand counts ? | | Date: | Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:21:55 -0600 |
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 | Elections Machines or Hand counts ?
I see that City council is considering getting rid of the election
machines in favor of manual hand counts...
Seems logical to me that in order of verifying the election results
with the election machines, that we at least manually hand counting 1,
2 or 3 polls after the election as an audit procedure.
To verify the electronic voting system, manually auditing one poll,
after the election, is preferred than no audit, and auditing 2 or 3
audits would be better than one. Remember computer programs can be
manipulated the day of the election.
We should not have to manually count all polls, unless the costs, and
the qualitative values of an old fashioned manual count so merit
getting rid of the new system.
Thunder Bay's World Online Magazine.
http://www.thunderbayonline.com
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| | From: | caesarjbsquitti | | Subject: | Re: Elections Machines or Hand counts ? | | Date: | Fri, 21 Jan 2005 23:59:19 -0600 |
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| If we can define a better system for Thunder Bay, then why should we
not share it with the world...?
We are becoming a global village...?
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| | From: | Dan Goodman | | Subject: | Re: Elections Machines or Hand counts ? | | Date: | Sat, 22 Jan 2005 12:21:14 -0600 |
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| On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 23:59:19 -0600, caesarjbsquitti wrote:
> If we can define a better system for Thunder Bay, then why should we
> not share it with the world...?
Mostly wanted to make sure you knew what kind of newsgroup this is. Some
Americans see "sf" in the names of newsgroups devoted to speculative
fiction, and send notices of San Francisco events. Some Canadians see "mn"
in newsgroup names, don't bother to look and see what's actually in the
groups, and send flames about Manitoba politics to Minnesota newsgroups.
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> We are becoming a global village...?
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Dan Goodman
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All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.
John Arbuthnot (1667-1735), Scottish writer, physician.
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| | From: | sjrsimac | | Subject: | Re: Elections Machines or Hand counts ? | | Date: | Sat, 22 Jan 2005 14:44:18 -0600 |
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| Sounds like a good idea. I'm going to get this one to my city council.
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| | From: | Dan Goodman | | Subject: | Re: Elections Machines or Hand counts ? | | Date: | Fri, 21 Jan 2005 21:50:25 -0600 |
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| On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:21:55 -0600, caesarjbsquitti wrote:
> Elections Machines or Hand counts ?
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> I see that City council is considering getting rid of the election
> machines in favor of manual hand counts...
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You don't seem to have noticed that this is an _international_ newsgroup.
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Dan Goodman
Journal http://www.livejournal.com/users/dsgood
Decluttering http://Decluttering.blogspot.com
Predictions and Politics http://dsgood.blogspot.com
All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.
John Arbuthnot (1667-1735), Scottish writer, physician.
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