Monday, February 4, 2008
Politics The New Math
Posted by Bruce Barry on Mon, Feb 4, 2008 at 9:40 AM
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Momentum seems to be swinging in the movement's favor. Last week, the elections subcommittee of the Tennessee House state and local government committee gave its unanimous support to HB 1256, the legislation that would make a voter verified paper ballot the vote of record. It will now move on to the full committee, which meets 12 noon tomorrow in Room 16 of Legislative Plaza.
The push now is to get paper ballots in place before the November elections. Groups such as Gathering to Save Our Democracy are urging people to write and/or call their congressmen, and they've mobilized an email/letter-writing campaign that's starting to look pretty effective. Hey, if the Giants could beat the Patriots....
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Paper ballots are no guarantee that there will be fraud free elections.
There have been instances of widespread election fraud in this country's history long before computers were ever invented and all the ballots were paper.
As was amply illustrated by the election scene in "Gangs of New York" with Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall.
Paper ballots are no guarantee that there will be fraud free elections.
Of course not. As you say, America (and Nashville) has a rich and varied history of vote-rigging chicanery long before the invention of the touch screen. All paper ballots will ultimately do is leave a paper trail to compare against opscan totals—and offer the possibility of a random audit that would make vote fraud a logistical nightmare.
mr. pink said:
"...a voter verified paper ballot..."
So, I do assume the voter is verified by a proper ID, you mean a verified voter? Or, is the ballot paper verified with a mark on it?
What do you mean, pinkster?
How are you. She got her looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon.
I am from Zambia and learning to read in English, give true I wrote the following sentence: "If you want your child to succeed in preschool, formal education, and life then you should work on the key concepts long before schooling starts."
8) Thanks in advance. Ellery.
