RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] e-voting

["Hargus, Diana" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I must take exception to the ideas that off the shelf parts are not
viable solutions.  I know of one company that could not keep high dollar
thermal printers on the floor operational and finally went with a basic
dot matrix and used that for almost 6 years until it died, (the other
printers lasted approx 4-5 months).  There are exceptions to every rule,
just as there is to this one, and you are right, but for a different
reason.  Do we want the purveyors of voting equipment to have any ties
to politics or politicians?  There is such a thing as too close a
tolerance and it can be just as disastrous.
Just an opinion...
Diana

> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMAIL:PROTECTED [mailto:discussion-
> EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Thornton
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 4:31 PM
> To: MLUG Off-Topic Discussion
> Subject: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] e-voting
> 
> I think computers and software can be built to do this correctly, but
> by someone more intelligent than they are taking the lowest bid from.
> We trust computers in lots of functions: NASA, financial data, etc.
> Taking off the shelf general purpose computer equipment and pawning it
> off as a quick solution for hanging chad is a disaster.
> 
> Keep it simple, high quality parts, and perform exhaustive testing,
> educate people...
> Yes, this will take time and money
> 
> On Jan 8, 2008 3:43 PM, Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED> wrote:
> > I sent this earlier, but it did not go to the list because of
length,
> so I
> > am resending it now but am chopping off the second half of the
> article.
> > --Mike
> >
> >
> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 13:41:07 -0600 (CST)
> > From: Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
> > To: MLUG discussion <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
> > Subject: e-voting
> >
> > I didn't label this as "politics" because I think it isn't a
partisan
> > issue and it *is* about computers.  As noted in the (long) article
> below,
> > "the more you know about computers, the more likely you are to be
> > terrified that they're running elections."  I have read a few things
> about
> > this before but I still was stunned to read some of the stuff below.
> How
> > can they depend on a system where a poll worker literally takes all
> the
> > votes on a flash card, with no paper trail to another location for
> > counting?  That is so unsafe in so many ways that it truly boggles
my
> mind
> > that it was approved.
> 
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