déjà vu all over again

Guess what, the Florida Presidential vote count in 2004 is completely unreliable. Bev Harris at Black Box Voting has uncovered scads of irregularities in Florida touch-screen voting machines that throw hundreds of thousands of votes into question. No telling which way those votes really went—which is exactly the point.

2004 is over, but 2008 is just around the corner. There is really only one acceptable replacement for all the antiquated, flawed, and/or corruptible voting systems out there, and that is Paper Ballot/Optical Scan (PBOS). PBOS yields the fewest tabulation errors, gives you a paper trail in the voter’s own hand, and is the cheapest of all the systems to administer. With HAV(R)A—the Help Americans Vote (Republican) Act—forcing the hands of many states, now is a good time to check with your local board of elections and demand PBOS.