The current shenanigans going on with electronic voting bridge political parties, racial lines, or social status.

For those of you up to date on this issue, the main method which Diebold and other electronic voting machine manufacturers plan to use to protect their machines is with “tamper-proof tape.” However, this provides a method for someone to invalidate republican or democratic districts by simply scratching the tape on the machines in that district. The level of incompetence and stupidity that has surfaced in relation to electronic voting hasn’t ceased to amaze me.

I don’t think that electronic or computerized voting is inherently an impossible task. However, the current crop of machinery, and the incompetent companies which make them, should not be allowed anywhere near a voter. Certainly, the public officials who are in charge of accepting these machines have also been incompetent across the board, for allowing defective voting machines to be delivered, and not pushing back against the manufacturer.

Wherever the blame lies it is important that people be made aware of these issues. HBO has produced a documentary on the subject. It is available for free from Google Video right now.

Please, please go check it out, and tell your friends. This is too important.