tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post7100855230887414195..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Winston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-39867558679553356702007-11-01T18:07:00.000-04:002007-11-01T18:07:00.000-04:00I happen to agree with most of the above. The Dem...I happen to agree with most of the above. The Democrats might have stolen the Washington gubernatorial election a few years back, but it was so close anyway. As one fellow put it, If It's Not Close, They Can't Cheat.<BR/><BR/>I do disagree about the electoral college: I happen to like it as one of the last bastions of federalism, and as a practical matter, if an election ever came in really Tom Van Dykehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121072404143877596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-75816402403917050902007-11-01T17:36:00.000-04:002007-11-01T17:36:00.000-04:00Really, within such narrow ranges as we had in FL,...Really, within such narrow ranges as we had in FL, there simply is no fact of the matter has to who won the election, since the very concept of winning an election is not fine grained enough. This is not a crazy po-mo thing, I simply mean that we have no idea about such matters as: whether a dimpled ballot should count, whether real votes require an intention to vote or can be done accidently, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-87366068572996619242007-11-01T14:12:00.000-04:002007-11-01T14:12:00.000-04:00Personally, I think the electronic voting machines...Personally, I think the electronic voting machines are even more of an issue than the punch card ballots as far as close elections go, especially considering how easy it is to tamper with the machine and that there is not a paper trail.<BR/><BR/>So in my mind, 2 and 3 are the most important things going into the next election. Hearing about machine malfunctions, sketchy election "helpers" Traciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06788160009958142245noreply@blogger.com