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[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Yes Lauren but all the conversations I have heard (not all 
conversations I am sure) ignore the other faults with voting and give 
the implication that all that is needed is a paper track and all will 
be well. That is far from the case. American voting is almost third 
world in parts of the nation.

Dave


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From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren () vortex com>
Date: August 28, 2004 9:53:05 PM EDT
To: JGoldstein () urbantechgroup com
Cc: dave () farber net, lauren () vortex com
Subject: Re: Election Day Offer

Jonathan,

For technologists to concentrate on the failures in electronic voting,
particularly relating to a lack of useful paper records for recounts,
is not to suggest that there aren't many other failures in the
election process that may fall outside of our area of expertise.

For example, I agree with you 100% about mishandling of voting rolls.
It was such mishandling (incorrectly dropping legit voters from the
voting lists), sanctioned by the State of Florida, that may well have
resulted in the outcome of the 2000 Presidential Election, G.W.
Bush's Iraq war, and all of its attendant death, destruction, and
injuries.

So yes, a lot does matter beyond electronic voting.

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
lauren () pfir org or lauren () vortex com or lauren () privacyforum org
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800
http://www.pfir.org/lauren
Co-Founder, PFIR - People For Internet Responsibility - 
http://www.pfir.org
Co-Founder, Fact Squad - http://www.factsquad.org
Co-Founder, URIICA - Union for Representative International Internet
                     Cooperation and Analysis - http://www.uriica.org
Moderator, PRIVACY Forum - http://www.vortex.com
Member, ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy

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