Cobol - Re: Rogue coders to highjack the 2004 election?

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Re: Rogue coders to highjack the 2004 election?

Ubiquitous

2004-08-21, 3:56 am

In article <TY2dnTWpxfyzWYDd4p2dnA@comcast.com>, jj@nospam.com wrote:

>Anyone who thinks that an "unsecure" computerized voting system is going to
>all of the sudden introduce fraud into elections is either naive or does not
>know much about history.

I'm not so sure about these paperless computerized voting machines but am
satisfied with the bubble sheets we use. There's much less room for ambiguity
than with those punch sheets.

>In the 2000 election, there were some precincts in Philadelpha that had over
>100% voter turnout (!) The press discovered several voters registered to
>the same address, which was a parking lot.

We have a saying: "The dead vote Democrat".

Why is this in the COBOL newsgroup?

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Joe Zitzelberger

2004-08-21, 3:55 pm

In article <zKWdne9lvbLOy7vcRVn-uw@comcast.com>,
weberm@polaris.net (Ubiquitous) wrote:
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> We have a saying: "The dead vote Democrat".

My grandfather is a staunch Democrat. Ever since his death in 1932 he
has voted a straight party ticket at his north Chicago precinct without
fail.

SkippyPB

2004-08-22, 3:55 pm

On Sat, 21 Aug 2004 14:35:45 -0400, Joe Zitzelberger
<joe_zitzelberger@nospam.com> enlightened us:

>In article <zKWdne9lvbLOy7vcRVn-uw@comcast.com>,
> weberm@polaris.net (Ubiquitous) wrote:
>
>My grandfather is a staunch Democrat. Ever since his death in 1932 he
>has voted a straight party ticket at his north Chicago precinct without
>fail.

Isn't that a cultural thing in Chicago? :)

Regards,

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SkippyPB

2004-08-29, 3:55 pm

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