it was my impression, michael, that a paper trail will not solve the problem. that the machines can be hacked to produce a false paper trail. hence, the subject line.
R
At 08:27 PM 9/1/2004, you wrote:
>On Sun, 29 Aug 2004, R quote Bev Harris
>
>discussing an absolutely incredible security hole in the Diebold machines:
>
>http://www.blackboxvoting.org/?q=node/view/78
>
>In short: they are *made* for tampering. They've got programing that
>facilitates it.
>
>That's stunning and deserves wide circulation, because Bev Harris
>literally wrote the book on the subject. Kudos to R for posting it.
>
>But the only thing I don't get is the subject heading. Afaict, if there
>was a paper trail, then this tampering would be easily exposed -- it's
>exactly the kind of tampering that a paper trail is designed to catch.
>
>Michael
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