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Electronic voting machines count about 87% of the votes cast in America today. But are they reliable? Are they safe from tampering? From a current congressional hearing to persistent media reports that suggest misuse of data and even outright fraud, concerns over the integrity of electronic voting are growing by the day. And if the voting process is not secure, neither is America's democracy. The timely, cautionary documentary HACKING DEMOCRACY exposes gaping holes in the security of America's electronic voting system. picked by TraumaMamma 6 months ago tags HBO electronic voting Democracy memory cards polls garbage |
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I looked to see if anyone had posted this DVD yet and couldn't find it. 5 comments edit related share politicsThis is about the Diebold machines and the last election, which is directly related to today's link from the Onion: picked by tdiggity 9 months ago |
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This year, the U.S. will pick a new president using electronic voting machines that can be hacked, security experts said Thursday at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. picked by doggylives 7 months ago 18 comments edit related share politics |
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Democracy in America is a series of narrow escapes, and we may be running out of luck... picked by siennablue 6 months ago 1 comments edit related share politics |
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The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) is a private, nonprofit organization created in 1983 to strengthen democratic institutions around the world through nongovernmental efforts. 0 comments edit related share politics...and this was not available prior to Iraq? picked by kErObErOs32 7 months ago |
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The voting machine company Diebold has insisted that HBO drop their documentary on the problems with electronic voting. HBO has no intentions to cave in. picked by iduffee 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share politics |
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A look behind the scenes of the daily show, 1 comments edit related share politicsAnd become as depressed as the rest of us. picked by gammerus 2 weeks ago |
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Utilizing a technique that combines low temperature measurements and theoretical calculations, Hebrew University of Jerusalem scientists and others have revealed for the first time the electronic structure of single DNA molecules. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago 0 comments edit related share science |
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A cheeseburger and democracy to go? Not quite, but politically active Californians have been able to cast election ballots from the comfort of their cars at a one-off drive-thru voting booth. The innovative drive-thru voting system was opened late Monday in Santa Ana, southeast of Los Angeles, as part of a push to encourage eligible voters to register and vote ahead of the November 4 presidentia... read full post picked by ImNotBlue 4 weeks ago 9 comments edit related share politics |
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Sean Connery thinks a Scottish nation is a bonnie notion. How about Spain's Basque country becoming a REAL country? And what's wrong with a People's Republic of Vermont? 5 comments edit related share worldKosovo's looming independence raises all those questions and more. For starters: Why is statehood OK for some people but frowned on for others? After all, isn't the right to self-determination the essence of democracy itself? picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago |
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He also says "The check's in the mail" and "I'm from the government and I'm here to help". 6 comments edit related share plime.comRelated philosophical question: If an album is released and there's no one around to care about it, does it make a sound? Discuss. picked by Wingnut 2 years ago |
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Banners across the route, decorated with Bush's image against a backdrop of Tanzania's Mt. Kilimanjaro, read: "We cherish democracy. Karibu (welcome) to President and Mrs Bush." 14 comments edit related share politicsInspired by 2many's post: picked by ImNotBlue 9 months ago |
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Elections, if not run by the public, are no longer public. 0 comments edit related share politics2 links can be found on this page that provide articles/transcripts from Ellen Thiessen, a leading advocate of transparent, public elections picked by fugazi 3 months ago |
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Diebold said it had been trying to divest the elections division with no success, in part because of "rapidly evolving political uncertainties and controversies surrounding state and jurisdiction purchases of electronic voting systems." picked by hisidea 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
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UK researchers have used artificial snot (nasal mucus) to significantly enhance the performance of 'electronic noses'. 0 comments edit related share technology(I wanted to throw up when posting theme pic) picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago |
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Personally I think computerized voting is worse than hanging chads. But that's me. 0 comments edit related share politicsUpdate: Conservatives win. picked by indierockcafe 2 years ago |
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Betty Owen is 92 and after a stroke four years ago, needs a feeding tube and can't walk. But she was determined not to miss Tuesday's election. She arrived at her polling place on a gurney in an ambulance, where an election judge and support worker climbed aboard with an electronic voting machine and let her cast her ballot. picked by AutumnLotus 2 weeks ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
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I don't remember where I got this url from and just went to check it out today. No frills on the graphic end of this site, just straight text. It's like a stock market of prices for computer and electronic equipment. Shows a link and whether the price just went up or down. Mostly computers and electronics (and accessories for those items) but just found a great deal on a canon lens! picked by dollyllama 1 year ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Extra bonus: they use the same exact key for all voting machines. picked by jaxomlotus 2 years ago 4 comments edit related share politics |
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Two men wheeled a dead man through the streets in an office chair to a check-cashing store and tried to cash his Social Security check before being arrested on fraud charges. picked by AutumnLotus 10 months ago 5 comments edit related share plime.com |
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Guns N Roses have reportedly finished work on 'Chinese Democracy', the album that Axl Rose has been working on for the past 14 years. picked by charbarred 7 months ago 12 comments edit related share entertainment |