[ale] Is there any way to stop this travesty? -- NO, of course not!

[Jim]

In my case, the demo went off without a hitch. I do think they will need more 
specialized poll workers to keep this system running properly. Many in that 
group are of a generation that isn't too comfortable with computers. If I 
were the software vendor, I would be sending out lots of support personnel 
for the November elections. If things go wrong on that day, they will get 
creamed. These guys need to model their practices on those of the finanacial 
services industry and have redundancy all over the place.

On Friday 23 August 2002 10:48 am, Sean Kilpatrick wrote:
> Let me quote from today's AJC:
>
> By Michael Pearson
> "Software problems and human error prevented some voters
> in Tuesday's primary from trying out Georgia's new touch-screen
> election system.
>
> <SNIP>
>
> "In Fulton County, at least 11 percent of the touch-screen
> machines failed.  Some froze up like balky home computers, while
> others got stuck in a mode that effectively locked up the
> machines. . . .<snip>
>
> "Chris Rigall, a spokesman for the secretary of state's office,
> attributed the problems to errors by poll workers, a glitch in the
> Windows operating system and problems with electronic cards that
> replace paper ballots and ballot boxes."
>
> Why would _anybody_ create a mission critical application atop a
> Windows OS?


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