Sunday, July 11, 2004

Don't let these guys take your election away!

Look. They will use terrorism to frighten you into giving up your election. They are already using it to justify secret searches of your home and review of your financial, purchasing, library and health records. Don't think for a second that your freedom is a given. Look how big China is! Do the words Tiannamen Square mean anything to you? Look how many soldiers and policemen and national guard armories there are compared to that shotgun you might keep under your bed.

With all the un (or under) employed I.T. workers in our country, we can put together a system that will reliably enable us to vote over an 800 number or on line, very quickly and with transparency, accuracy and accountability. The military is already putting a system like that in place for soldiers overseas (using a Bermuda-based company, I might add). If they give us an anonymous confirmation number for our vote, all the votes can be posted on line, next to the anonymous confirmation numbers, along with total headcounts for each precinct, so that any discrepancies can be identified by anyone. For people voting over the internet, the data-entry work will be done by the voters themselves, as they fill out the online forms. This works when you buy something on line or over the phone, or when you deal with your bank in that manner. Demand no less for your vote. Need a paper-trail? Write that confirmation number with your candidate choices on a slip of paper and there's your paper ballot. Don't wait for them to say it's too late to install printers on all those black boxes they bought. Don't let these guys take your election away! It is all the democracy we have left.

Also, remember the word "Impeach". And the word "Immediately". These fascists are playing for keeps. Don't take what's left of your freedom for granted!

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