Discussion of all things related to Public Domain

[tom poe <tompoe AT amihost.com>]

Referring to the pages:
http://www.why-war.com/features/2003/10/diebold.html

Diebold, as many of you know, is a major supplier of ATM machines for 
the country of India.  They also are reported to be providing all the 
machines for India's next election.  ATM machines provide printout 
receipts for the customer.  Imagine using an ATM that did NOT provide a 
paper-printout.  So, ask yourself, why would a company not want to 
provide a printout of your vote?  More importantly, ask yourself why 
would our elected officials NOT want us to be able to subject the source 
code of these voting machines to public scrutiny?

You and I lose our right to vote with these machines.  

If you use scanning technology in your precinct, make sure you can hand 
count the ballots to verify the election.  After you scan your ballot, 
only then does the secret source code decide how to record your vote for 
the election.  There's every reason to believe you can't audit the 
ballots, or, if so, a limit far below satisfactory numbers are permitted.

Finally, ask yourself how a private company can intimidate your school 
administrators to the point they deliberately engage in censorship.

Best of luck to all of you.  We support you fully.
Thanks,
Tom Poe
Open Studios
Reno, NV
http://www.studioforrecording.org/