Voting Accuracy

Manifesto

Good to see that my alma mater, Johns Hopkins University, is leading the effort to create a system of electronic voting that is both reliable and accountable. One of the many untold stories of the last election is the number of errors and potential errors that were attributed to electronic voting machines. If you are interested, you can read more at Black Box Voting: Ballot Tampering in the 21st century.

For the most part the mainstream media has completely ignored this story. Look, the media is completely lazy, we all know that. But, I actually think the root of this failure is a direct result of the coverage of the 2000 election. Honestly, I think the media thinks that people were burned out on election fraud, and couldn't handle another contested election, no matter how minor. I don't really think that is/was the right call, but I'm a little biased. Although, the topic seems a little more important than much of what passes for news on the cable news networks. Wow, sharks occasionally, or very, very, rarely attacked people. Interesting.