READER COMMENTS ON

"Koehler: 'Conspiracy Theorists: Why Would Anybody Cheat in an Election?'"

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COMMENT #1 [Permalink]

... Dredd said on 1/24/2008 @ 6:51 am PT...





Why would anyone lie, kill, torture, maim, do treason, and cheat about anything? Why is a canard. It is common sense that people do these things, and common sense that the degree of perceived "reward" is the degree to which they will go. Their true reward is a corrupt soul, which is also the answer to the question:

they have a corrupt soul. And those who do not contemplate the activities of those with corrupt souls likewise have corrupt souls. Corrupted away from what our forefathers warned us about and put in place for us to preserve and improve upon.

COMMENT #2 [Permalink]

... AllAboutVoting said on 1/24/2008 @ 7:48 am PT...





My thoughts on the Koehler article: http://allaboutvoting.co...ity-and-voting-machines/ I’m glad to see more attention to the problems with electronic voting machines

The praise for the "ritual" of placing a ballot into a ballot box is bogus. That is just an argument for status quo and could be used to justify all sorts of poor practices - such as having voting occur on a workday (Tuesday).

I’m not a fan of electronic voting machines but it is unfair to say that there are no benefits to using them. I list a few benefits and problems below. To me the problems far outweigh the benefits. Some benefits of electronic voting machines are: faster initial reporting of results [article discusses this and argues that it is unimportant], ability to handle many ballot variations with minimal waste (eg: variations for each precinct and for language preference) [this is one of the few arguments that I find at all compelling], improved disability access [but there are many other ways of improved disability access and many current eVoting machines do a poor job at access for those with disabilities].

Some problems with electronic voting are: very serious election integrity issues, cost (in my understanding), limited number of machines available in a location so unacceptably long waits when sufficient number of machines are not in a precinct, potential use in vote suppression via technology and access barriers.

COMMENT #3 [Permalink]

... Ancient said on 1/24/2008 @ 8:26 am PT...

