Comments on: Can the Government Please Hire Tony Fadell to Build Voting Machines? http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/11/05/can-the-government-please-hire-tony-fadell-to-build-voting-machines/ My opinions about convergence, consumer technology, gadgets, Web, and more. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:51:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Ian Kemmish http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/11/05/can-the-government-please-hire-tony-fadell-to-build-voting-machines/comment-page-1/#comment-403393 Ian Kemmish Thu, 06 Nov 2008 07:25:23 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/?p=1580#comment-403393 What's the difference between a vote spoilt because of a software problem, and a vote lost because lousy production engineering causes overheating? If you want reliable and secure voting machines, buy the ones India used successfully a couple of years ago in an election more than four times the size of yours. What’s the difference between a vote spoilt because of a software problem, and a vote lost because lousy production engineering causes overheating?

If you want reliable and secure voting machines, buy the ones India used successfully a couple of years ago in an election more than four times the size of yours.

]]> By: Dave Zatz http://www.livedigitally.com/2008/11/05/can-the-government-please-hire-tony-fadell-to-build-voting-machines/comment-page-1/#comment-403180 Dave Zatz Wed, 05 Nov 2008 19:18:40 +0000 http://www.livedigitally.com/?p=1580#comment-403180 Actually, I'm not sure how secure it is. You can replace the OS and/or run Doom on it. You can also strip (at least some) FairPlay AAC restrictions/data. And the voting machines I've used were pretty intuitive. The bigger question for me is, just because we can do something better with a touchable computer display, should we? I have more faith in my paper and pencil scantron provisional ballot than a higher tech solution. It's reliable, cheaper for the taxpayers, and understood by pretty much everyone. Actually, I’m not sure how secure it is. You can replace the OS and/or run Doom on it. You can also strip (at least some) FairPlay AAC restrictions/data. And the voting machines I’ve used were pretty intuitive. The bigger question for me is, just because we can do something better with a touchable computer display, should we? I have more faith in my paper and pencil scantron provisional ballot than a higher tech solution. It’s reliable, cheaper for the taxpayers, and understood by pretty much everyone.

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