[Tfug] OK, got a different tech challenge on FOSS voting...

Rich r-lists at studiosprocket.com
Wed May 14 07:01:50 MST 2008


On May 11, 2008, at 10:11 pm, Andrew Ayre wrote:

> With a LiveCD running during the voting where will the vote counts be
> stored? Surely not in RAM?
This to me is the biggest issue. The problems of plugging in USB  
devices or changing CDs can be overcome with big lumps of metal. :-)

> If Pima County doesn't allow hand recounts then perhaps that is the
> problem to focus on rather than changing the voting technology from
> closed source to open source?

Indeed. It's a social problem in need of a social fix; not a  
technological fix.

R.




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