One of the people I have worked with who I most admire is Dave Dill, who has been key to making the country realize the electronic voting machines are not a solution to the problems in our "system" of voting. Kim Alexander, another stalwart in that movement, has
posted an excellent piece by Dill, "Making Democracy Transparent" (see March 8 entry).
Here's an excerpt:
In a word, elections must be transparent. People must be able to assure themselves that the results are accurate through direct observation during the election and examination of evidence afterwards.
U.S. elections are far from transparent. Instead, winning candidates and election officials alike tend to put all their efforts into suppressing recounts. That attitude has led to increasing bitterness with each national election, at least since Florida 2000.
But we can conclusively win a debate about election transparency. And while making elections more transparent will be difficult, it is more feasible than solving many of our other national problems. All that is required for success is a long-term strategy and a commitment from many citizens at the grassroots level, since politicians and election officials are not going to solve the problems on their own.
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