Does anyone here feel Sequoia machines are safer than Diebold or others?

[Toots]

Are Americans too stupid to use pencil and paper and actually count the ballots by hand? Throw every damn machine in the bay while dressed as Indians...

[formercia]

1. Actually they may be less safe

I was reading somewhere that they have a wireless function which might provide another avenue of attack.

[mymomwasright]

2. PURPLE FINGER ELECTIONS

Are for everyone except the US.

[lonestarnot]

3. hmmmf. Are you kidding?

[mymomwasright]

4. Also, paper would be evidence...

EOM

[Junkdrawer]

5. No. It's just that Diebold was dumb enough...

to inadvertently post their source code on the web, so they get the bulk of the bad press.

[magellan]

6. Just because they have some possible link to Venezuela? No.

It's still proprietary software. I don't care if the machine counts all R votes for Ds, it's wrong and undermines democracy. Everyone in this country who wishes to exercise their right to vote should be allowed to and should feel confident that their vote is recorded as they intended. That's impossible without transparency.

Hand-counted paper ballots. We aren't too stupid. We just seem to lack the patience.