David wrote in message . ..
On 11 Nov 2004 09:12:36 -0800, (Terry) wrote:


Even in Washington state (or maybe Oregon) the electronic system that
they used
several years ago was found to be less then secure by it's creator,
and the
state still went on and used it, after being told of the problems.
Maybe if there is a major clitch and one state, or large city losses
all their votes, then people might want security, a valid paper trail
and be willing to wait a few days for valid results. While I suspect
that this election was pretty "clean", it is only a mater of time
unitl some smart crook figures a way to spoof the system.
Terry

we
Oregon is 100% paper ballots and 100% by mail. It seems to work very
well. It is insane to use a system that cannot be recounted.

A friend sent me this URL:
http://www.rense.com/general50/acci.htm
I am having some effect locally.
Up until now he had insisted there where no
problems. While we both agree that rense
is not the most balanced place, still, the news
is a little unnerving.
Terry