Comments on: California GOP had Same Voter Registration Problems as ACORN in 2006

By: Steven Rosenfeld

Steven Rosenfeld — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:42:29 +0000

Thanks for the kind words. There once was an adage about people living in glass houses shouldn’t be throwing stones…

By: pittsburghpearl

pittsburghpearl — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:10:55 +0000

Paper ballots can be discarded. I believe the best way would be that the computers MUST give out a two ply receipt showing who you voted for. One would go into a box at the voters quarters and one would stay with the voter. All ATM machines give receipts, I see no problem adding them to these. Watch the documentary UNCOUNT. Computers, alone, cannot be trusted.

By: wobblybits

wobblybits — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:36:09 +0000

Optical scanners have been shown to break or fail. What do the voters do whent he machines break? With voting, the simpler the better.

By: Ann in AZ

Ann in AZ — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:35:08 +0000

Blue Texan is up at the mothership: “Sacramento GOP Site Compares Obama To Bin Laden And Encourages Readers To Torture Him”

By: jayt

jayt — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:32:48 +0000

OT - I sweartagod some “Senior McCain Campaign Spokesman” (I’m wondering whether there are more #2 guys in Al-Qaeda or more “Senior” McSpokesmen, but that’s beside the point) just said on MSNBC that Obama is lying about the 95% of Americans getting tax relief because - “there’s a huge number of Americans who don’t pay any taxes at all, so they won’t be getting any relief” !!

and it wasn’t even Doug Holtz-Eakins !! They’ve got idiots to spare.

By: MayDaze

MayDaze — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:28:29 +0000

We need to go to straight paper ballots, period.

Brings to mind an old anecdote: Chicago was one of the last places to stop using straight paper ballots. Seems it was easy for the old Dem machine functionaries to buy votes, they did it by giving the winos a filled out ballot and sending them to the polls. The winos had to return with the blank ballot, which got them a cheap bottle of wine.

I think the optical scanners we use here are a good idea, they allow a quick count but leave a paper trail for recounts.

By: foothillsmike

foothillsmike — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:25:36 +0000

That’s affirmative

By: foothillsmike

foothillsmike — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:25:08 +0000

Slightly OT I spotlighted this article but the spotlight list sure does need some updating

By: looseheadprop

looseheadprop — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:24:17 +0000

Isn’t Bob Shiefer the moderator for tonight’s debate?

By: wobblybits

wobblybits — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:15:41 +0000

Funny, it hasn’t really been on the local news here in L.A. The media is still in Firewatch 2008 mode