[ale] OT: Voting machines cracked in California

[JK]

Jeff Hubbs wrote:

> I agree.  The point is that you can take steps against ballot stuffing 

Right.  I was mainly responding to Mr Williams's apparent belief
that because "paper fraud is more common than electric", electronic
voting is preferable.  We certainly *know about* more paper
fraud...    :-)

-- JK

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> JK wrote:
> 
>>Ned Williams wrote:
>>
>>>If you read one of the many article news.google referred on this, you will
>>>note some very valid comments...
>>>
>>>paper fraud is more common than electric as it stands and has stood for
>>>years..ballot stuffing....been around for awhile.
>>>    
>>
>>Since none of the existing electronic voting systems are secure
>>or reliably auditable, we have no way of knowing how much electronic
>>fraud has occurred.  So ISTM such comparisons are meaningless.

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