Canada calls it right - U.S. moves forward
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Why is Canada doing the right thing here, while United States seem to stall? Personally , I don't want to go through another voting fiasco. Either party will call foul when the tallies are in. It doesn't matter one way or the other.
While the U.S. mid-term elections are going full steam ahead with a myriad of maybe-reliable and not-so-reliable electronic voting systems in place, Quebec is pulling back from its adventures in e-voting, after the province's chief electoral officer Marcel Blanchet delivered a harsh report on the 2005 municipal elections. The voting machines were used in some 140 municipalities in the province last year but, according to the report, they went down like bad plate of poutine, suffering from blackouts and transmission errors, resulting in unreliable results -- although he adds that there's nothing that can be done about the results now except to move on. He also reported that the electronic voting machines weren't any faster or more economical than manual counting. As a result of the report, Quebec's Municipal Affairs Minister Nathalie Normandeau is accepting Blanchet's recommendation that the current moratorium on electronic voting put in place after last year's elections be maintained, apparently indefinitely.
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6:53 AM
ah yes and I'm sure the dhimmicrats are already makin their lists of who to blame!
9:17 AM
Yea I bet they are making a list. Sometimes electronics is just not the way to go
8:05 PM
I've had the pleasure of voting in several elections in Canada, at the federal, provincial and local level. I've even acted as a scrutineer for a provincial election, on behalf of a candidate in my riding.
There have never been any voting scandals, and here's why: there are officially, nonpartisan organizations called Elections Canada and Elections Ontario (and I imagine something similar for the local level) which make sure that voting is fair. There can be absolutely no ties to any political party, unlike the heavily-partisan fiascos in Ohio and Florida. Everybody knows about Katherine Harris, but I invite you to read up on Kenneth Blackwell in this article. I couldn't fucking believe that THE MAN OFFICIALLY IN CHARGE OF RUNNING THE 2004 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN OHIO could be THE CO-CHAIR OF BUSH'S RE-ELECTION COMMITTEE. Is your mind not completely blown?!
Anyway.
I will describe what our foolproof voting devices look like:
1. The voter is given a piece of paper with each candidate's name, approximately 15 cm x 10 cm.
2. Beside each name is an empty circle.
3. The voter walks around behind a tri-fold cardboard screen, which is sitting on a table. There are pencils on this table.
4. The voter marks an X in the box beside the name of the person for whom they wish to vote.
5. The voter folds the paper in half and places it in a cardboard "box," via a "slot."
6. At the end of the voting day, the boxes are opened. Each person whose name is on the ballot can have a scrutineer watching the Elections Canada (e.g.) officials count the ballots. If there are discrepancies, they can challenge the count.
7. All the votes are counted. ALL OF THEM, not just the one for the Republican.
8. Congratulations! You have successfully run a fair election.
Jesus, you'd have thought the US could run a fair and democratic election, seeing as you people sorta "pioneered" the idea of modern democracy. Whoops, guess not.
Good luck in November, Democrats! The Republicans have a great track-record of fucking you over in myriad ways, including election fraud.
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