Official Accidentally Demonstates E-Voting Problems on Film

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	Official Accidentally Demonstates E-Voting Problems on Film

Andy Greenberg

10-29-2008 12:45 PM

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e-voting, hacking, diebold

Andy Greenberg says:

This video of an election official trying (and failing) to debunk claims of e-voting problems makes it clearer to me than ever before just why e-voting has been such a disaster: Wishful thinking on the part of non-technical morons who seem willing to discount practically any problem with machines that make their jobs easier.

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