Electronic ballot stuffing

12 Nov 2003

In Boone County (Indiana), an electronic-vote software spits out 144,000 votes from only 19,000 registered voters. Even on the worst ballot-stuffing, one couldn't dream of such funny figures.

Paper, envelope, ballot box and enough citizen eye balls to monitor, count and verify. That's all a good democracy needs on election day. And it works even without electricity (ever wonder why there is always a pack of candles in every election bureau in France?) Trust us, Old Europe has more experience than the US on this one ;-).

Posted by François Nonnenmacher on Wednesday, November 12, 2003 at 4:34 PM

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Le scandale du vote électronique arrive en France from padawan.info/fr on March 17, 2004 11:34 PM

Je découvre avec une déception certaine que la France s'apprête, comme souvent, à commettre les mêmes erreurs que chez nos voisins d'outre-Atlantique avec l'adoption de la machine à voter. Lors des élections régionales et cantonales des 21 et 28 mars... Read More

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