-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 26 May 2006 16:24:27 -0700 Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Friday 26 May 2006 15:20, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote: > > > On Thu, May 25, 2006 at 05:45:42PM -0700, Paul Johnson wrote: > > >> On Thursday 25 May 2006 15:26, Mike Hommey wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > > > [0] As long as he doesn't go and vote too, since the people in > > > the voting table would notice that he has voted twice and > > > probably would have to reject the whole voting box of that table > > > (as they would be unable to find and remove the previous voters' > > > vote). > > > > Well that's an interesting way to cook an election... > > Method not viable in all jurisdictions. If you've ever wondered why > Oregon takes almost as long as Florida to certify national election > results, it's not because we can't count or we've had a blatant > attempt at voter's fraud, it's because elections is busy checking > signatures on ballot envelopes. > > Oregon abolished the voting booth in 2000: "Election Day" is > actually the last election day of six consecutive weeks we can vote > (beat that and your wussy six hours, America!), and we vote at home. > You have your option of mailing or handing in your ballot to county > elections. Oregon residents that will be outside the state of Oregon > on the last day of the election are the only people eligible to > register absentee because of this (this is a good thing, since it > improves voter turnout and more votes count initially, whereas > absentee ballots in all 50 states never get opened unless there's a > tie). Oh, so they get better counts and less fraud by doing away with ballot secrecy. How wonderful. Jacob -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFEeFF5kpJ43hY3cTURAtLcAKCy0mljUzNYIkBTs7ApfzcnSfZGQwCfWww6 +28CMNtPy3/W4CCtr4hue1g= =WAY5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----