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Escape from voting machine Hell

As the presidential election finally arrives, we’re hip deep in horror stories about voting machines run amok. Here’s how to make sure your vote really counts.

Voting accidents and other avoidable tragedies

(This post originally appeared on Infoworld’s Notes From the Field blog.)
by Robert X. Cringely
When I was in school I learned that the difference between comedy and tragedy is that one of them ends in death and the other in marriage. (But I could never remember which is which, which may be why I have such [...]

Smoking guns and broken voting machines

(This post originally appeared on Infoworld’s Notes From the Field blog.)
by Robert X. Cringely

My last post about Sequoia Voting Systems and its painfully stupid e-voting machines inspired both cheers and jeers from the Cringe faithful.
Cringester E. N. believes we should all just grow up and accept that mistakes happen (though he seems to also believe [...]

Sequoia and e-voting: The best government money can buy

(This post originally appeared on Infoworld’s Notes From the Field blog.)
by Robert X. Cringely

I don’t know if you’ve noticed lately, but our elected officials are being determined by people who can’t do simple math or write a comprehensible sentence in English. And no, I don’t mean people who voted for Rudy Guiliani. I’m talking about [...]