-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 01 June 2006 14:39, "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > > That's typical in elections except ties, and not surprising > > nobody bothered or wanted to check for absentee ballots. This is > > one of the two problems Oregon eliminated by going to vote by > > mail. > > So, all voting is done by mail? That's different.
It actually solves a great many problems. There is a paper trail, which eliminates the greatest threat of electronic voting, undetectable fraud. It also is convenient for anyone and everyone equally, people can also vote early if they want. Oregon has a great idea, I hope it spreads. The state where I live cannot even institute a state lottery without the entire process dripping corruption and bribery, but at least they did finally throw out electronic voting. In every country that finally gets elections, a clear paper trail is one of the primary conditions. It would be sad if Americans, who supposedly stand for that sort of thing, were to so easily be lulled into allowing unauditable, unverifiable, invisible electronic ballots. Unfortunately, Americans have proven themselves to be extremely stupid, politically. That's why the US will be the next country to collapse under fiscal mismanagement. I only hope it's as comparatively bloodless as the collapse of the Soviet Union. Curt- - -- September 11th, 2001 The proudest day for gun control and central planning advocates in American history -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBRH85Ey9Y35yItIgBAQIXUQf/VhpV/FQgIe0zkHT8yfjEKblEsdCkiW4x 36jHdojUg8dDJBI1xZXDrCTLjXoUOKCyAwYLtVeNa3G6Bz7KSs/FGS6Vj7Aq3u4F cQpIKyODbQ6eZyjndpJVBvomgogcKUw7+BeSrOQHW7d+uYbXoOc7lpV7Y0+HX2YX jhagciWJPABJQ2BxRJhaRJD7Hn6zviLGCrcwYYHRhwE7kpQZS9uoKCCGyLS95MFS rbyt2+4H+CwglNJtIvSKU+PL1KRC+0cuZLnW5qhb0+CE8H9ziKLHxSbj6aP4H57Z zvaLaSmGoiUOajxdUHFjFrFme1qXeUFo47/H7UvkB4xetybei4/vjQ== =HN8O -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]