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Jon Schild <jjs@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> said:
> Sorry, you need to hire a fact checker. I can't speak for every
> state, but I am an election official in one, and I know for an
> absolute fact that in my state votes are NOT transferred over
> internet, just to avoid this problem. The memory card is
> physically removed from each voting machine in each precinct, and
> they are sealed up and moved under guard to a central location
> where they are placed one by one in a separate machine that
> records and counts them. The votes are re****ted from the counting
> location in each county, and stored in each county. There is
> NEVER any transfer by internet, telephone line, or other easily
> tamperable medium. Do you think all the election officials in the
> country are total fools?
They don't _all_ have to be, just the subset of them that make
the rules. And of course "corrupt" can replace "stupid."
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William December Starr <wdstarr@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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