"... I think the desire for instant results if fuelling the problem." - clog
Uhhh, perhaps FIXED instant results...but, for decades exit polls were found to be quite scientific and amazingly accurate. They only fell out of favor after the first ‘W’ selection where what the voting machines said didn’t match what the people said. Surely it was the people who were wrong. (irony) Truth be told, using exit polls provided early ‘results’ that, prior to Diebold, were always accurate. So, even before the polls closed, ‘winners’ could be announced. IF one wants to see a country with the second largest land mass does to get quick results, using paper ballots and even having to go after some of ‘em using canoes, research Canada. They get their results faster than we do using paper. Speed nor accuracy have not been what those in power have been wanting….. On Oct 31, 2:55 pm, Rick S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > my first computer was an amstrad. I had forgotten the name of it. 640 > K of ram. It had a 20mb hard drive. And I would prefer that to > anything by Diebold. > > Rick S > > On Oct 31, 1:20 pm, Clogtowner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi y'all - the machine that I voted on a couple of weeks ago was more > > primitive than an amstrad comupter that I owned in the late 70s. As I > > have no paper print out - even an ATM machine can do that - I have no > > proof of vote. In UK ( don't know if this is still the case) a paper > > ballot was used. There were simply the names of the candidates, and an > > X was required next to the chosen one. The procedure took less than 30 > > seconds and I don't remember ever standing in line. Of course, the > > count took several hours, but there was a paper trail. I don't > > remember any questioning of the results on the lines of the Florida > > debacle - all it took was a recount with more witnesses. I think the > > desire for instant results if fuelling the problem. > > > On Oct 31, 12:48 pm, ornamentalmind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >http://www.brasschecktv.com:80/page/465.html-Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Memphis Freethought Alliance" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/memphisfreethoughtalliance?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
