Why don't you just let it die?

Even Slashdot types are pretty much against electronic voting. But the best part of the thread is the just the general viturpitude and quotes like:

How does this imply that there is a great conspiricy? Lots of people give money to the republicans. Lots of people write crappy software. Lots of businesses try to get away with things that they shouldn’t. Where is the proof that the reason for their actions is that they want the hand the election over to the republicans? It is just as likely that they are just incompetent and greedy, not conspiratal (sic).

Andrew Stuttaford at The Corner while citing this story, has possibly the best argument against e-voting to date: “Part of the problem with these systems is the conspiracy theories that they are bound to generate, something that will be deeply damaging to American democracy, particularly, if as seems likely, we are about to go through an unusually bitter election cycle.” Non-technical, easily understood, and powerful, IMO.

Bring back pen and paper…

Posted by jank at November 25, 2003 11:34 AM