| I haven't been talking about this one. I guess because it's just too big and scary for me to even think about. But if you haven't at least heard of what is happening with Diebold, and the *serious* problems with their electronic voting machine systems, you should probably be aware. The story is that the machines are severely compromised from a security perspective. And the company is run by a very right wing republican who has vowed to deliver his home state to Bush in 2004. And the company is going law suit crazy to shut up anyone who publicizes anything about the security flaws in their machines. Here's a good metafilter round up of the issue. FWIW (not much probably) I think this is for real. I think democracy, if we still have it post election 2000, is in actual danger. Of course, like I said, I'm not doing anything about it because I am too scared to really think about what's happening. But maybe you should do something about it. Save me! Thanks. |
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