Comments on: are we ready this time? http://sticksoffire.com/2006/10/30/are-we-ready-this-time/ A very loose interpretation of the news and happenings in and around Tampa Fri, 19 Mar 2010 03:40:43 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Smitty http://sticksoffire.com/2006/10/30/are-we-ready-this-time/comment-page-1/#comment-49472 Smitty Wed, 01 Nov 2006 16:56:01 +0000 http://sticksoffire.com/2006/10/30/are-we-ready-this-time/#comment-49472 I voted absentee. Paper ballots are still the way to go as far as I'm concerned. I think we should all take a vacation to other counties next year so we can all turn in absentee ballots. Then they'll have to actually count ballots! How awful! I voted absentee. Paper ballots are still the way to go as far as I’m concerned. I think we should all take a vacation to other counties next year so we can all turn in absentee ballots. Then they’ll have to actually count ballots! How awful!

]]> By: Sticks of Fire: a Tampa blog » Blog Archive » voting is scary http://sticksoffire.com/2006/10/30/are-we-ready-this-time/comment-page-1/#comment-49465 Sticks of Fire: a Tampa blog » Blog Archive » voting is scary Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:15:02 +0000 http://sticksoffire.com/2006/10/30/are-we-ready-this-time/#comment-49465 [...] I voted early yesterday. In the recent past, I have used this space to document my voting adventures, as well as my uneasiness with touchscreen voting. This morning my confidence was shaken one step further. [...] [...] I voted early yesterday. In the recent past, I have used this space to document my voting adventures, as well as my uneasiness with touchscreen voting. This morning my confidence was shaken one step further. [...]

]]> By: Bryan http://sticksoffire.com/2006/10/30/are-we-ready-this-time/comment-page-1/#comment-49397 Bryan Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:47:29 +0000 http://sticksoffire.com/2006/10/30/are-we-ready-this-time/#comment-49397 Oh great! I didn't check my confirmation screen when i voted. This could have happened to me and I wouldn't even know. Oh great! I didn’t check my confirmation screen when i voted. This could have happened to me and I wouldn’t even know.

]]> By: dcdave http://sticksoffire.com/2006/10/30/are-we-ready-this-time/comment-page-1/#comment-49174 dcdave Tue, 31 Oct 2006 01:10:43 +0000 http://sticksoffire.com/2006/10/30/are-we-ready-this-time/#comment-49174 new tech? the waitress at my favorite restaurant doesn't seem to be having glitches with my order when she uses here touchscreen... there has always been a potential for fraud, regardless of the medium, but farming out election equipment to unchecked, half-assed tech companies is not the solution. new tech? the waitress at my favorite restaurant doesn’t seem to be having glitches with my order when she uses here touchscreen… there has always been a potential for fraud, regardless of the medium, but farming out election equipment to unchecked, half-assed tech companies is not the solution.

]]> By: Meredith http://sticksoffire.com/2006/10/30/are-we-ready-this-time/comment-page-1/#comment-49165 Meredith Mon, 30 Oct 2006 23:32:35 +0000 http://sticksoffire.com/2006/10/30/are-we-ready-this-time/#comment-49165 Paper ballots are certainly subject to the same old problems, but they seem preferable to the ease with which one can hack the vote electronically: http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/evoting.ars Paper ballots are certainly subject to the same old problems, but they seem preferable to the ease with which one can hack the vote electronically:
http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/evoting.ars

]]> By: Jason http://sticksoffire.com/2006/10/30/are-we-ready-this-time/comment-page-1/#comment-49154 Jason Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:05:32 +0000 http://sticksoffire.com/2006/10/30/are-we-ready-this-time/#comment-49154 Lowest bidder I guess, it is new tech though it will get better. You just need a standard to measure accuracy by. A paper receipt to make people feel better shouldn't be a difficult solution. Old tech didn't work so good either, hanging chad and all. A friend suggested simple hand counted ballots. I figure that 300 million people and something like 154 million voters in '04 would require 1.5 million counters, good luck at finding that many people willing and able to serve and paying for the infrastructure needed to train, pay, and monitor them. Lowest bidder I guess, it is new tech though it will get better. You just need a standard to measure accuracy by. A paper receipt to make people feel better shouldn’t be a difficult solution.

Old tech didn’t work so good either, hanging chad and all.

A friend suggested simple hand counted ballots. I figure that 300 million people and something like 154 million voters in ‘04 would require 1.5 million counters, good luck at finding that many people willing and able to serve and paying for the infrastructure needed to train, pay, and monitor them.

]]> By: dcdave http://sticksoffire.com/2006/10/30/are-we-ready-this-time/comment-page-1/#comment-49153 dcdave Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:43:38 +0000 http://sticksoffire.com/2006/10/30/are-we-ready-this-time/#comment-49153 I don't know if a hack is as much of a concern as generally crappy, thoughtless technology. I don’t know if a hack is as much of a concern as generally crappy, thoughtless technology.

]]> By: Jason http://sticksoffire.com/2006/10/30/are-we-ready-this-time/comment-page-1/#comment-49152 Jason Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:28:27 +0000 http://sticksoffire.com/2006/10/30/are-we-ready-this-time/#comment-49152 Mine worked fine, but there is a perspective issue with touchscreens that I had a problem with too. It happens to me every time I go to Disney and try to use their kiosk to find something. I put my finger over the box as I see it but the screen highlights something right below what I want. I had a couple of my votes do that last week, so I adjusted my finger a bit higher and fixed it. Offhand it seems if somebody is good enough to hack the machines they would be good enough not to show you that your vote was going to the OTHER guy. Mine worked fine, but there is a perspective issue with touchscreens that I had a problem with too. It happens to me every time I go to Disney and try to use their kiosk to find something. I put my finger over the box as I see it but the screen highlights something right below what I want. I had a couple of my votes do that last week, so I adjusted my finger a bit higher and fixed it. Offhand it seems if somebody is good enough to hack the machines they would be good enough not to show you that your vote was going to the OTHER guy.

]]> By: dcdave http://sticksoffire.com/2006/10/30/are-we-ready-this-time/comment-page-1/#comment-49150 dcdave Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:44:39 +0000 http://sticksoffire.com/2006/10/30/are-we-ready-this-time/#comment-49150 We should vote with ink on our fingers like the Iraqis. We should vote with ink on our fingers like the Iraqis.

]]> By: John http://sticksoffire.com/2006/10/30/are-we-ready-this-time/comment-page-1/#comment-49148 John Mon, 30 Oct 2006 18:30:44 +0000 http://sticksoffire.com/2006/10/30/are-we-ready-this-time/#comment-49148 There is a story floating around nationally that voting machines are being looked into... ....because Venezuela has some sort of ties to them. Talk about spinning the problem in your favor... There is a story floating around nationally that voting machines are being looked into…

….because Venezuela has some sort of ties to them. Talk about spinning the problem in your favor…

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