Monday, February 13, 2012

voting fairly

It's true, I would like my candidate of choice to become next president. Even if he doesn't become the next president, I'd be at peace as long as the "winner" won honestly. There have been allegations of fraud in many of the caucuses and primaries. Behind-the-scenes deals, dead voters, and miscounts have plagued the Republican party this go around. 

So what do we do? Vote in your precinct for honest, good, and wise people. After a time, the leadership will be slowly replaced by honest people. At that point, I can see the vote being more honest.

And I didn't even mention problems with voter machines. My brother and I were considering doing online voting for an international academic organization for which we worked. My brother joked that if the US can't get their voting right (e.g. fraudless/hackerless), then how can we expect to get it right either.

Here's a serious film about voter fraud:
"Hacking Democracy" (it's a documentary about 1 hour 20 minutes)

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