Comments on: Confidential… http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/11/08/confidential/ Honey Bowtie Music blog: where sticky songs meet (occasionally) overdressed ideas. Sweet. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:20:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: huashan http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/11/08/confidential/#comment-648 huashan Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:45:51 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/11/08/confidential/#comment-648 "Freedom of Thought is what you have Freedom from Thought is what you want!" - Devo “Freedom of Thought is what you have
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]]> By: djmedieval http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/11/08/confidential/#comment-647 djmedieval Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:33:11 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/11/08/confidential/#comment-647 Probably not (yet) but I haven't seen a single electronic voting system in widespread use that produces a verifiable paper trail like the old style "make the lights flash" voting machine. Probably not (yet) but I haven’t seen a single electronic voting system in widespread use that produces a verifiable paper trail like the old style “make the lights flash” voting machine.

]]> By: stitchinthyme http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/11/08/confidential/#comment-646 stitchinthyme Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:26:22 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/11/08/confidential/#comment-646 Can't argue there. I still vote, though. I don't know what else I can do. (I don't think our voting machines are Diebold, for what it's worth, though they are electronic touch-screen ones...) Can’t argue there. I still vote, though. I don’t know what else I can do.

(I don’t think our voting machines are Diebold, for what it’s worth, though they are electronic touch-screen ones…)

]]> By: djmedieval http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/11/08/confidential/#comment-645 djmedieval Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:23:38 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/11/08/confidential/#comment-645 Allow me to broaden that to better fit the way I feel: giving control of the voting machines to a for-profit company is a flagrant violation of the public trust. I feel that the voting process should not be subject to trade secrets, non-disclosure agreements, or corporate profiteering. I feel that being sued for disclosing secrets about how Diebold's voting machines actually work is wrong. I feel that an election that leaves no papertrail is absolutely reprehensible and outrageous. I no longer feel that there is any integrity in the election process anywhere. Allow me to broaden that to better fit the way I feel:

giving control of the voting machines to a for-profit company is a flagrant violation of the public trust.

I feel that the voting process should not be subject to trade secrets, non-disclosure agreements, or corporate profiteering. I feel that being sued for disclosing secrets about how Diebold’s voting machines actually work is wrong. I feel that an election that leaves no papertrail is absolutely reprehensible and outrageous.

I no longer feel that there is any integrity in the election process anywhere.

]]> By: stitchinthyme http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/11/08/confidential/#comment-644 stitchinthyme Wed, 08 Nov 2006 16:55:56 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/11/08/confidential/#comment-644 Well, one consolation is that it didn't help the Republicans keep control of the House. I do agree, though -- giving control of the voting machines to a company whose president promised to deliver Ohio to Bush is a flagrant violation of the public trust. Well, one consolation is that it didn’t help the Republicans keep control of the House.

I do agree, though — giving control of the voting machines to a company whose president promised to deliver Ohio to Bush is a flagrant violation of the public trust.

]]> By: djmedieval http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/11/08/confidential/#comment-643 djmedieval Wed, 08 Nov 2006 13:34:31 +0000 http://www.honeybowtie.com/blog/2006/11/08/confidential/#comment-643 Not that it really would have mattered anyway, I lost faith in the election system when states began giving Diebold no-compete contracts. Do some research into Diebold sometime, if you haven't already. Democracy is now a trade secret, and so help you if you expose a flaw in the system that might (gasp!) allow someone to fix an election. Not that it really would have mattered anyway, I lost faith in the election system when states began giving Diebold no-compete contracts.

Do some research into Diebold sometime, if you haven’t already. Democracy is now a trade secret, and so help you if you expose a flaw in the system that might (gasp!) allow someone to fix an election.

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