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flexibeastToday is mid-term elections day in the US.
In a couple of weeks, the Victorian state elections will be held.
i don't envy people in the US. When i vote here, i don't have to worry about the integrity of the electoral process itself. i may not like the results of elections, but i believe that those results were arrived at fairly.
The US electoral process is a different matter altogether. The Diebold-manufactured electronic voting machines used in many elections there are known to have serious security issues (as demonstrated by a quick Google for "Diebold election voting"). i've read so many disturbing stories about how easily the US electoral process can be - and perhaps has been - hijacked that i can't say that i would trust any results arrived at using that process. And that's without considering the massive amounts of money associated with it . . . .
"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty", indeed.
In a couple of weeks, the Victorian state elections will be held.
i don't envy people in the US. When i vote here, i don't have to worry about the integrity of the electoral process itself. i may not like the results of elections, but i believe that those results were arrived at fairly.
The US electoral process is a different matter altogether. The Diebold-manufactured electronic voting machines used in many elections there are known to have serious security issues (as demonstrated by a quick Google for "Diebold election voting"). i've read so many disturbing stories about how easily the US electoral process can be - and perhaps has been - hijacked that i can't say that i would trust any results arrived at using that process. And that's without considering the massive amounts of money associated with it . . . .
"Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty", indeed.
