New Voting Technology

capt_buzzard · Post by **capt_buzzard** » Tue Nov 02, 2004 7:14 pm

Oh I don't know about this new electronic voting that you guy's have in the US. They tried that here at the last general election and it went BANG. That was the end of it until next time,or so they tell us. I prefer the pen and ink on paper myself. And it works.

pattybug52 · Post by **pattybug52** » Wed Nov 03, 2004 12:30 am

I used it today-loved it! With the punch card if you make a mistake-too bad. This was so much easier to use and less chance of mistakes cause you can go back and fix it.

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 8:26 am

Warsai wrote: In many states, people are using new touch screen voting systems. Here in Alexandria, we used the eSlate. Very easy to use and understand. It has a feature that allows you to edit your choices for finalization. It's a little smaller than a textbook, and has a rotating wheel that you can use to go through different choices.

Three House democrats have asked the General Accountability Office (GAO)Three House democrats have asked the General Accountability Office (GAO)to launch an investigation into electronic voting machine irregularitiesin the November 2 elections. A problem with a memory card reader in anOhio precinct caused one candidate to receive 3,893 more votes than heshould have, despite records which indicate that only 638 people votedat the location. In North Carolina, more than 4,500 votes were lost dueto memory card limitations. Software used to count absentee ballots inFlorida began to subtract votes after the total reached 32,000. Therewere also reports of voters having trouble voting for their chosencandidate: either the machine wouldn't select the voters' choices, orthe review page had the wrong candidate marked. The GAO has apparentlybeen planning to produce a report on e-voting after the election.http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2004/11 ... talli.html

(Source: The SANS Institute)