I was going to post this on WorldMojo.com (our Political, Military and Economics blog). But since it involves technology, I thought it might make sense here.
As such, this is not intended as a political debate (though if you want it to become one, I am not going to stop it, frankly).
Some people will say that George Bush stole the elections in 2000 thanks to his brother Jeb in Florida.
Others will suggest that Ohio became 2004’s version of Florida.
I am not going to argue that these two statements are true, I am just saying that there is enough “out there” to suggest that something fishy went on in both elections.
All signs indicate that tomorrow, the Democrats will win the House of Representatives and might even pull off the Senate.
- If the Democrats win the House and lose the Senate, no one is going to really scream conspiracy.
- If the Democrats win both, clearly the Republicans will scream and shout but most people will say that Iraq was George W. Bush - and the Republicans undoing.
- But say the Democrats win neither the House nor the Senate despite the fact that all signs indicate they should win at least the former and maybe even the latter.
What then?
Of course in the day of paper votes, you could always go back if need be.
But when electronic, paperless voting is the standard and the head of Diebold promised the state of Ohio for the President [George Bush] before the 2004 Elections, shouldn’t the greatest democracy in the world have a real, serious audit system in place.
And in today’s era… why not have an online, open source system in place where potentially, if “the people” suspect that an election is rigged or not representative, they could “log in” and “unlock” their votes.
In other words, ceteris paribus, votes remain confidential and private. But in the event that the people suspect some wrong-doing, should they - and not the government and those in power - have the right to unveil their votes for all to see, if at least not one by one, then at least as a whole?
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Posted By: Ashkan Karbasfrooshan | Nov 6th
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