Throw the DAMN MACHINES Out Now...Throw them Out Now...e.g. TX

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Hey Texas Republicans, how's your blue eyed boy now. Happy, many of you, at his election. Don't blame you. He only seemed like a COMPLETE Creep to those of us with overworked radar. But now, look what you have. BushWorld in Texas. Republicans suing Republicans, Democrats challenging primaries, lousy machines. Wow, this stinks. Give is some Democrats and go back to your great tradition of poopulism.


http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/local/14192074.htm

Election problems renew electronic voting concerns

By ANNA M. TINSLEY
STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF WRITER

Computer glitches. Overcounts. Improper computer programming. Bad batteries.

These are among the problems that have cropped up in communities nationwide -- including in Tarrant County -- with electronic voting in recent weeks and months.

And although officials say most of the issues have been resolved, the problems have renewed concerns among some critics that electronic voting -- without paper backups -- could lead to widespread problems exceeding those in Florida that slowed the recount of the 2000 presidential votes.

"Election systems are not immune," said Dan Wallach, an associate professor at Rice University who specializes in computer security and electronic voting. "Barring radical advances in computer technology, these machines are basically computers with software that can have bugs and be tampered with."

"If all the numbers add up, then it might have worked and it might not have worked," he said. "When you have a system where the inner workings of the system are a secret, like with electronic machines, you don't know."

ENOUGH OF THE BULL SHIT. THROW THESE MACHINES OUT NOW...THROW THEM OUT NOT...

[populistdriven]

1. Mario Savio: There is a time when the operation of the machine...

'There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can't take part, and you've got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus and you've got to make it stop. And you've got to indicate to the people who run it, to the people who own it, that unless you're free, the machine will be prevented from working at all.'"

mp3 of it here
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/11/21/1524217

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3. Well, thank you very much. That's amazing. I remember him...

and thaps for the mp3

cheers.

[DFW]

2. Oh, really?

"If you vote, there's certainly a chance that your vote will be counted,"

I place that one along with the moon's green cheese and the Tooth Faity.

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4. Democracy is a "chancy operation"...we're beyond absurd now....

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5. Welcome to DU!

:hi: C'mon by the Texas forum! We are always looking for more local activists to yap about politics with and help turn Texas blue!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=180

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6. We need a new Boston Tea Party

except this time instead of throwing the tea away, we need to throw the machines away.