Are Federal Laws Actively Making Voting Less Secure?
from the seems-that-way dept
Here's an example where a law seems to be getting in the way of making things right -- and the inflexibility of that law actually leading to many more problems than it solves. The law in question is the Help America Vote Act, which was designed to make it easier for blind and disabled voters to vote by replacing old voting technology with new voting technology. That all sounds good in theory, but the problem (if you hadn't noticed) is that the new voting technology has a ton of problems such as being easily hacked and having no verifiable way of recounting the votes. Still, since the federal law is in place, California's refusal to certify Diebold e-voting machines over concern for their reliability and accuracy means that many state election officials are worried that they're violating federal laws. It's a valid concern -- but the election officials are making the wrong argument. They're pushing to just be allowed to use the questionable Diebold equipment, rather than demanding that the federal voting law only apply if the voting equipment meets certain minimum standards.
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I wonder why
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blind and disabled, yeah right
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Re: blind and disabled, yeah right
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Re: blind and disabled, yeah right
That way - there are some checks and balances so neither of the bad guys go too far. Right now, we have too many bad guys from one team in power and no bad guys on the other team with the power to keep them in line.
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Re: Farewell to Democracy, Unless...
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Use the Force
Lobby all your representatives. Keep it simple, and demand that this issue is addressed before the 'democracy' in your country becomes even more of a joke to the rest of the world than it is already.
I have seen people use the internet to organise and make demands of big organisations such as TV companies over such important issues as their favourite Sci-Fi show being cancelled.
Why not make the same effort for something that really is important??? Stop moaning, get organised, and help people to email their representatives, at all levels of government.
You do still have a democracy: use it or lose it...
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