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Wilson Announces He Will Vote “YES” on Health Care
By: Dave Harding, ProgressOhio
Posted Mar 19, 06:32 PM
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Fair Vote Blog
With wit, criticism, creativity, careful thought and innumerable sources, I hope to win your support of hand-counted paper ballots, at the polling site on election night, among other Fair Vote standards.
Let's slice thru the knotty problem of high-tech voting systems with the sword of simplicity: hand counted paper ballots at the precinct before all who wish to observe.
Given all the expert damnation [1] of hi-tech voting systems and the exorbitant price tag to secure them, and given the global impact of U.S. elections, a transparent and honest vote count is an urgent necessity: it's time to use fully-transparent hand-counted paper ballots ("HCPBs"). An HCPB system is the simplest and least expensive, and the easiest to secure from fraud.
High tech voting systems effectively remove citizen oversight of elections, since very few voters are computer experts. In a democracy, elections belong to the people and our oversight of elections is required. Ninety-five percent of all democracies in the world understand this - they hand count paper ballots at the polling site on election night.
Because public officials derive their power from public elections, it is inappropriate for us to trust reported results: the vote count must be transparent to citizens. But very few of us can read computer code, and none of us can see inside a machine. Honest elections require HCPBs, because citizens understand and observe the counted ballot. Read More »
Given all the expert damnation [1] of hi-tech voting systems and the exorbitant price tag to secure them, and given the global impact of U.S. elections, a transparent and honest vote count is an urgent necessity: it's time to use fully-transparent hand-counted paper ballots ("HCPBs"). An HCPB system is the simplest and least expensive, and the easiest to secure from fraud.
High tech voting systems effectively remove citizen oversight of elections, since very few voters are computer experts. In a democracy, elections belong to the people and our oversight of elections is required. Ninety-five percent of all democracies in the world understand this - they hand count paper ballots at the polling site on election night.
Because public officials derive their power from public elections, it is inappropriate for us to trust reported results: the vote count must be transparent to citizens. But very few of us can read computer code, and none of us can see inside a machine. Honest elections require HCPBs, because citizens understand and observe the counted ballot. Read More »
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By: Dave Harding, ProgressOhio
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By: David Lore, Licking County Pro-Active Citizens
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By: David Lore, Licking County Pro-Active Citizens
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By: User from Washington, DC
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By: User from Washington, DC
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Dennis, Ted Strickland isn't going to vote for you
The people on this site MIGHT. But not if you refuse to answ...
The people on this site MIGHT. But not if you refuse to answ...
Dennis, do you have learning disability?
Because you apparently cannot even comprehend what you write...
Because you apparently cannot even comprehend what you write...
they just keep digging their hold deeper
In an effort to claim that "99%" of AFP members are well-beh...
In an effort to claim that "99%" of AFP members are well-beh...
