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BarracksSi
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I am worthless beyond hope.
 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Washington, DC
 
2006-10-31, 17:18

I've voted via electronic machine only once, and I didn't like it.

That backup of counting paper ballots has got to be the only, or the most, reliable way to make sure the results are counted correctly.

I won't say that any small amount won't make a difference, either. Votes have been way too close already.

Tangentially, it's also why I refuse to play games like video poker. Mechanical machines can be rigged, true, but electronic machines can be merely programmed. There's a "stack the lighted blocks" game that I'm convinced is fraudulent (you've probably seen them at video arcades & movie theaters with high-dollar items like iPods for prizes).
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/arcade/...lls-185060.php

A friend of mine will pump a few bucks into one at our usual movie theater, and she (and I) have gotten extremely close to winning. We just thought it was our bad luck. She's also talked to one of the theater employees who stacked the top block correctly, then it paused, and the block MOVED OFF THE STACK, losing the game. Horseshit.
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