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JunkYardDogg Donating Member (618 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-28-05 08:06 PM
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Paper Trail will Perpetuate E-Voting Manipulation
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Let's not get euphoric over a Paper Trail ( paper vote receipt) system.
Not only is a Paper Trail not the solution to Electronic Voting Manipulation, it will aid,abet,enable, and protect the electronic
vote fraud.
Sure, the paper receipt will show you who you voted for.
Big Deal. So what.
Who is going to cross reference, reconcile ALL the individual paper receipts to the computer logs? Nobody.
What law is there that allows for the reconciling of the paper receipts to the software logs? There is none.
What is the guarantee that the line item entry (i.e. your vote)is
going to be accurately counted in the log total. None
In Excel, sure you can make every line item entry the correct and legitimate entry. But, at the end of the row or column, one can enter whatever formula one wants to, in order to make the total correspond to any figure the programmer wants to.
And, still after that, who or what law is there to protect the integrity of the correct and accurate vote totals being transferred to and from the central tabulators. There is none.
But there will definitely be a Surefire Bullet Proof Excuse by the
BushReich to not permit further investigation of the Electronic Voting Equipment and Electronic Trail. After all, the Voters got a Paper Receipt for their vote. What else can American Citizens possibly ask for?
All the Paper Trail Vote Receipt is going to accomplish is to put one more additional barrier between an American Citizen's Vote and and any possible guarantee that each vote will be legally, lawfully, and correctly counted and logged.
The rush to concentrate and demand Paper Trail Vote Receipts is actually a false and deceptive security endeavor.
This is not the solution to Electronic Vote Manipulation.
This does not and will not grant American Citizens the legal right and avenue to impound and investigate the complete electronic voting
process, i.e. software and server records.
What America MUST have, immediately, is the legal right to have ALL Electronic Voting Equipment and records impounded and inspected.
Until America has that legal right, America is no better than any other 3rd World Election Rigged Despot Ruled Fascist State.
And the concept of a True Democracy in America is nothing but a cruel misconception.
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