Expose yourself to get your vote counted... #
Normally I tend to ignore the silliness that pops up on April Fool’s Day, but I thought this bit from the EFF was just too good to let pass. Check it out:
Alpharetta, GA - Diebold Election Systems and Choicepoint, Inc., today announced a joint venture that could revolutionize the voting market. The concept is simple: combine Diebold’s demonstrated expertise in voting systems with Choicepoint’s superior data-mining techniques to produce PredictaVote™ – the first 100 percent voter-free, predictive voting system.
“The beauty of this approach is that it is self-correcting,” explained Choicepoint CEO Derrick Sithe. “If someone wants to increase the chances that his or her vote will be counted correctly, the voter simply needs to open up more of his or her life to our data-collection methods. Apply for more credit cards. Register for more grocery loyalty cards. Purchase more subscriptions. Fill out more warranty cards. Compare that to today’s paperless e-voting machines, where voters have no way to determine whether votes are accurately counted. There’s really no comparison.”
There’s more here. (I figured you’d appreciate this one, Jon.)