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[internetworkers] Closed Source Voting Hilarity: 144, 000 votes for 14, 000 voters

From: "Michael D. Thomas" <mdthomas AT mindspring.com>
To: <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [internetworkers] Closed Source Voting Hilarity: 144, 000 votes for 14, 000 voters
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 09:01:46 -0500

Closed source voting system casts ten times as many votes as potential
voters.

http://www.indystar.com/articles/6/091021-1006-009.html

Now, what happens when these closed source systems are used in immature
democracy? What happens when the voting system defines democracy and not
the other way around?

[internetworkers] Closed Source Voting Hilarity: 144, 000 votes for 14, 000 voters, Michael D. Thomas, 11/12/2003