Comments on: File Under: Electronic Voting Machines Suck http://www.liberadio.com/2009/04/09/file-under-electronic-voting-machines-suck/ with Mary Mancini & Freddie O'Connell Wed, 20 Apr 2011 02:05:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: benintn http://www.liberadio.com/2009/04/09/file-under-electronic-voting-machines-suck/comment-page-1/#comment-154279 benintn Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:28:06 +0000 http://www.liberadio.com/?p=3582#comment-154279 Good point about Kurita-Barnes. This is one of the many reasons why it was impossible to know who really won that election. No paper trail, no way to run a legit recount, no way to know for sure that it wasn't voter error or fraud or anything else. You can say what you want about the solution arrived at by the TNDP executive committee, but giving the decision over to the local county parties was a little like giving it to the Electoral College to decide. Not a bad move, though someone's going to be very disappointed regardless. You'd think that after Bush v. Gore, we'd be further along in TN when it comes to protecting the rights of voters and the legitimacy of elections. Good point about Kurita-Barnes. This is one of the many reasons why it was impossible to know who really won that election. No paper trail, no way to run a legit recount, no way to know for sure that it wasn’t voter error or fraud or anything else.

You can say what you want about the solution arrived at by the TNDP executive committee, but giving the decision over to the local county parties was a little like giving it to the Electoral College to decide. Not a bad move, though someone’s going to be very disappointed regardless.

You’d think that after Bush v. Gore, we’d be further along in TN when it comes to protecting the rights of voters and the legitimacy of elections.

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