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Fingers. If you want to vote for someone you cut off your finger and put it in a box. Most fingers wins. It'll mean only people who REALLY want a candidate will vote so you get the best government.
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Originally Posted by Dave Sinkula 
The system used here is optical mark recognition. The ballots look like this.
Voting via internet would be ideal, but too prone to fraud.
Don't PM me with questions -- you might get a nasty PM in response. If you have a question then post it in one of the forums.
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Originally Posted by zeroth
Hey guys,
I've used several different types of ballots in my life, paper, punch cards, computer. All of them are subject to abuse...what we need is a system that will deliver accuracy and give us back our democracy when we vote for president. So I propose:
One toll free number that dials an election server run by Eunuchs (or something). You put in your social security number and password and vote.
Simple...the politicians would never put it in because of apportionment...they couldn't fix elections any more. So this would need a grass roots effort. Say, we have that here don't we...hummmnnn.
What do you think?
zeroth
The last known Chinese eunuch died in December 1996
But I digress!
Last edited by GrimJack; Sep 26th, 2008 at 2:56 pm. Reason: Er, we are converting to all mail in ballots - I prefer to go to the polls so I can chat with my neighbors
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Actually my fingers method is pretty stupid. Kinda rules out anonymous ballots if your prints are recorded :/
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Originally Posted by twomers
Actually my fingers method is pretty stupid. Kinda rules out anonymous ballots if your prints are recorded :/
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Last edited by Dave Sinkula; Sep 27th, 2008 at 4:01 pm.
"One of the methods used by statists to destroy capitalism consists in establishing controls that tie a given industry hand and foot, making it unable to solve its problems, then declaring that freedom has failed and stronger controls are necessary." --Ayn Rand
It is amazing, Dave -- where do you find this Bull Pucky? No one has a transcript of anything but the responses to the pucky.
You're just another 'ditto head' dupe spreading specious stuff around now that you see McCain/Palin is going down in flames.
You're just another 'ditto head' dupe spreading specious stuff around now that you see McCain/Palin is going down in flames.
Last edited by GrimJack; Sep 28th, 2008 at 4:17 am. Reason: cleaned up some grammar
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Originally Posted by GrimJack
It is amazing, Dave -- where do you find this Bull Pucky? No one has a transcript of anything but the responses to the pucky.
You're just another 'ditto head' dupe spreading specious stuff around now that you see McCain/Palin is going down in flames.
we'll see - that lawyer's letter isn't a response - Dave, good find!
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Originally Posted by GrimJack
It is amazing, Dave -- where do you find this Bull Pucky? No one has a transcript of anything but the responses to the pucky.
You're just another 'ditto head' dupe spreading specious stuff around now that you see McCain/Palin is going down in flames.
"One of the methods used by statists to destroy capitalism consists in establishing controls that tie a given industry hand and foot, making it unable to solve its problems, then declaring that freedom has failed and stronger controls are necessary." --Ayn Rand
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