Reply #18: From Doug Jones' website.... [View All]

From his Statement to the Congressional Black Caucus, 10/7/2004
Reliability of US Voting Systems:
An assessment in the light of recent changes

Public attention also plays a role. Both error and fraud thrive where there is no close scrutiny. If the public are alert and watching closely, as they are now, alerted by the events of 2000, many normally careless election workers will take extra care, and many who might have been tempted to cheat will not do so.

Because of this increased scrutiny, I believe that the upcoming election may well be among the most accurate elections in recent history. On the other hand, we may never know this because increased scrutiny in a close election will certainly uncover problems that would normally go unnoticed.

http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/%7Ejones/voting/cbc2004.shtml

Jeez, some people are so naive....


BTW, there is a site packed full of info about e-voting in the US by a UK consultant, http://www.louiseferguson.com/resources/evoting-us.htm. It's interesting how many e-voting experts don't seem to like the F-word.