{"id":2761,"date":"2009-08-12T17:42:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-12T21:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2009\/08\/12\/the-problems\/"},"modified":"2009-08-12T17:42:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-12T21:42:00","slug":"the-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2009\/08\/12\/the-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"The Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"

Found this<\/a> over on a Slashdot story about how attacks on voting machines are practical<\/a> (despite arguments to the contrary):<\/p>\n

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The problem is our elections are supposed to be transparent by law.
The problem is our elections are supposed to have public oversight.
The problem is a private company can not provide public oversight.
The problem is electronic vote tabulation devices use invisible signals which no human (especially a poll watcher) can see.
The problem is China or North Korea could decide our elections and we wouldn’t know.
The problem is there is no electronic vote tabulation device (or electronic vote registration poll book device) which can be validated with public oversight.
The problem is without public oversight, no election can be validated.
The problem is if our elections can not be validated, we can not hold our representatives responsible.
The problem is if our representatives can not be held responsible, they tend to ignore the rule of law.
The problem is if our representatives ignore the rule of law, they tend to ignore protecting the US Constitution against all enemies.
The problem is when the US Constitution is ignored, we no longer live in a Constitutional Republic.
The problem is when we no longer live in a Constitutional Republic, we slip into fascism.
The problem is we have slipped into fascism.
The problem is ignorance is no longer an excuse for corruption.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It was, of course, posted Anonymously\u2026 but that doesn\u2019t make it any less meaningful. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Found this over on a Slashdot story about how attacks on voting machines are practical (despite arguments to the contrary): The problem is our elections are supposed to be transparent by law. The problem is our elections are supposed to have public oversight. The problem is a private company can not provide public oversight. 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