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harmonyguy Donating Member (589 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-13-04 05:03 PM
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BBV - Dave Berry - Your Vote Counts, well maybe.
So this year, many states are switching to electronic voting machines, which use computer technology - the same reliable, foolproof technology we use in the newspaper industry to wwr )(%$(AT)! (AT)hkjhou ((7%$ ERROR ERROR DELETING EVERYTHING FROM DAWN OF TIME Whoops! It turns out that things can go wrong with computer technology. One big concern is that electronic voting machines could be tampered with by "hackers," as was the case recently when an 11-year-old New Jersey boy named Jason Feeblehonker, using only his GameBoy, was able to get himself elected governor of both North Carolina and Wisconsin.
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Here's how this "high- tech" voting system works: Inside the voting booth you'll find a "touch screen," which is a computer screen coated with a thin, invisible layer of germs left by all the people who voted ahead of you, many of whom use the sacred sanctity of the voting booth to pick their noses. When you touch this screen, tiny pieces of electricity called "electrons" go shooting into your finger, through your arm and into your brain, where they whiz around until they locate the name of the candidate you wish to vote for; they then transmit this information to Central Voting Command (located in India) along with any legally questionable thoughts you may have regarding terrorism, tax evasion or sexual fantasies featuring an armadillo and Wayne Newton.

http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-etcolumn3963041sep13,0,317505.column?coll=ny-news-columnists



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