Electronic Voting and the Future of Democracy


Electronic voting is not ready for prime time. Recent evidence has shown that existing systems have back doors permitting arbitrary untracked changes to vote totals. These systems are in use in 37 states and are rapidly being implemented. The principals in some of the companies are blatantly political as well. This combination threatens the future of democracy.

Electronic voting is not ready for prime time. Recent evidence has shown that existing systems have back doors permitting arbitrary untracked changes to vote totals. These systems are in use in 37 states and are rapidly being implemented. The principals in some of the companies are blatantly political as well. This combination threatens the future of democracy. The recent decision in California against punch card balloting is in favor of these newer systems, most of which are vulnerable and provide no independent verification of actual votes cast.

You can learn more about the problems of electronic voting and the Diebold system in particular, here
http://www.verifiedvoting.org/
or here http://blackboxvoting.org/


You can also sign a petition sponsored by Martin Luther King III of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference at Working Assets by visiting
http://www.workingforchange.com/activism/petition.cfm?itemid=14993

Inform yourself about this danger and spread the word.

Posted: Tue - September 23, 2003 at 12:21      

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