Well, it's already starting: reports of malfunctioning touch screen voting machines in states holding primaries today. In Mississippi, problems are "surfacing across the state." The spokesman for the Secretary of State echoed a common theme among election administrators in all states stuck with these electronic lemons: "We expect some bumps in the road." My question is, why? Why should there be ANY bumps in the road when we are talking about voting? Can't we at least secure our voting machines as well as we secure the slots? The "bump in the road" canard is an embarrassing way to rationalize the purchase of flawed, unreliable equipment. Shame on election officials who lobby for the purchase of the equipment even when they have full knowledge of the well documented problems.
The Brad Blog is keeping a tab on today's meltdowns.
Meanwhile CNN's Lou Dobbs is one of the few mainstream media figures who "gets it." Check him out in this video on electronic voting and the "Threat to Democracy."
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