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Smith_3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-03-09 06:27 AM
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Germany's supreme court bans the use of voting machines.
Germany's supreme court has ruled that the use of voting machines violates the principle of election transparency and is therefore unconstitutional.

http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/tech/0,1518,610962,00.html
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-03-09 06:31 AM
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1. 100% correct
Good for them
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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-03-09 06:41 AM
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2. Common Sense
Something lacking in America
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pleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-03-09 06:53 AM
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3. K&R
:thumbsup:
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lame54 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-03-09 06:59 AM
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4. Watch this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxF4y9tSG08
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Smith_3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-03-09 07:02 AM
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5. Awesome
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-03-09 07:58 AM
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6. Those of us with any sense
would fight such a change tooth and nail here in the UK too. At present , as far as I'm aware , there are no plans to change from our pieces of paper and pencils anyway.
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-03-09 08:04 AM
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7. America would be wise to absorb some Western European pragmatism.
And stop with all the "we're the greatest in the world" self-absorbtion.
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