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- JimCropcho, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Certainly. The secret ballot is a fundamental pillar of democracy.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2My comment was more about the Diebold machines that have been proven to be very compromised. Which is a non-partisan problem, er, a systemic problem. And the whole "hanging chad" fiasco in Florida.
There are also the more partisan problems, such as draconian ballot access laws, gerrymandering, the theft of the debates, ad nauseum. - JimCropcho, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2While there is some truth to your statement, this particular compromise is actually pretty non-partisan, in the sense that I'm sure any party would love to get its hands on election data for marketing purposes, and all parties are affected (albeit in different ways) by this discovery.
- kozyne, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2This is scary!
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Personally I think the entire elections process in the US has been compromised to such an extent that the whole thing needs to be rethunk.
The biggest problem lies in that fact that you'd have to find truly impartial people to do it right, and finding people like that would be extremely difficult in today's political climate. - JimCropcho, on 10/11/2007, -0/+2Yes, we have ACTUALLY DONE THIS.
"As proof of concept, Moyer and Cropcho have decoded a precinct in Delaware County using public records, for an election held in March 2006. A chart, located in the accompanying press release PDF, is provided to explain the method graphically."
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