Krugman on Diebold
Posted on:: December 2nd, 2003
Paul Krugman lays out the e-voting machine issues in his column. Here’s his opening paragraph:
Inviting Bush supporters to a fund-raiser, the host wrote, “I am committed to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the president next year.” No surprise there. But Walden O’Dell – who says that he wasn’t talking about his business operations – happens to be the chief executive of Diebold Inc., whose touch-screen voting machines are in increasingly widespread use across the United States.
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My main issue with the new touch screen craze sweeping the nation is how easy vote manipulation is going to be. I think that the touch screen should be used to print a machine and human readable ballot, or provide a way for people to verify their votes online with an anonymous number of some kind.