Thursday, October 22, 2009

Oops? Did I do that? ;)

Under the old name Diebold, some computerized voting machines were made. Apparently, one of the features in the software was the ability to erase votes without leaving a log entry about it.

What could possibly go wrong?

The better question is:

WHY THE [expletive delted] don't they all make a paper copy of the ballot when it is cast?

It's pretty easy to lose a box of copies, sure, but it's pretty neat to be able to just "oopsy" elect the candidate of your choice instead of, you know, counting ballots. What a mess.

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