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   From: wdstarr@panix.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Jon Schild  said:   
      
   > Sorry, you need to hire a fact checker.  I can't speak for every   
   > state, but I am an election official in one, and I know for an   
   > absolute fact that in my state votes are NOT transferred over   
   > internet, just to avoid this problem.  The memory card is   
   > physically removed from each voting machine in each precinct, and   
   > they are sealed up and moved under guard to a central location   
   > where they are placed one by one in a separate machine that   
   > records and counts them.  The votes are reported from the counting   
   > location in each county, and stored in each county.  There is   
   > NEVER any transfer by internet, telephone line, or other easily   
   > tamperable medium.  Do you think all the election officials in the   
   > country are total fools?   
      
   They don't _all_ have to be, just the subset of them that make   
   the rules.  And of course "corrupt" can replace "stupid."   
      
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