Re: [tlug] Somewhat OT- open source software for US voting machines

[Curt Sampson <cjs@example.com>]

On 2008-10-07 17:05 +0900 (Tue), Edward Middleton wrote:

> ...which as it happens is were a trial was held for an e-voting system
> because the count of the paper ballot were found to be inaccurate
> enough to effect the election outcome.
> 
> "Two candidates were separated by only three or four votes, said Phillip
> Green, electoral commissioner for the territory. After recounting,
> officials discovered that out of 80,000 ballots, they had made about 100
> mistakes. They decided to investigate other voting methods."

I hardly think that investigating voting methods with many, many more
possible sources of error is the right tack to take here!

At least with manual counts, the sources of error are fairly obvious,
making it much easier to decide when recounts are necessary and how they
ought be done.

cjs
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