Democracy In Action: Right-Wing Election Fixers Take Note.

Any of these too close to call elections are becoming the norm for countries looking like they want to go back to a social democracy over corporate fascism. The Florida model of how to steal an election.

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"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." Friedrich Nietzsche

I wonder when Harper will start promoting electronic voting machines for Canada, to "harmonize systems with our great friends and trading partners" ?

Ed Deak.

That would surely give Lockheed-Martin some inside information.

Ed,

My chest hurts from holding my breath in anxiety over just that kind of thing happening. Tonight on PBS "NOW" the subject was voting machines in the US still, after millions being spent on "making them better", are not in any way improved. The November elections will likely be another fiasco.

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"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." Friedrich Nietzsche

Unverifyable electronic voting is already here in Canada: <a href="http://papervotecanada.blogspot.com/">Paper Vote Canada</a>

Why would anyone buy these unless they WANTED TO HACK elections?

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"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music." Friedrich Nietzsche

Internet voting is the worse idea imaginable. For example, they could easily hack voter turnout rates since no one actually has to show up at a polling station. They can determine who voted for whom by logging each vote that's cast (which they have to do for it to work at all). There's simply no justification for dumping the paper ballot for any system no matter what the advantages may be if there's no way to recount and verify votes, or verify who is voting, or ensure that the votes cast are kept secret.

I know it's hard for you guys to swallow the possibility of a right-wing party legitimately winning an election, but perhaps you should at least acknowledge the possibility that this was in fact the correct outcome.

Most would be inclined to believe the right won the election, if the recounts had not shown such blatant fraud. And if the courts had demanded a full recount, so no doubts remained.

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"I think it's important to always carry enough technology to restart civilization, should it be necessary." Mark Tilden

There is no doubt that with those who are totally committed to ideological governance have difficulty understanding that those on the other extreme might win elections. The right have also refused to consider that left wing governments were legitimatly elected in South American. The real issue is having a series of checks and balances within the system that ensure that the system cannot be corrupted.

The situation in Mexco is different than in the US because Mexico has three major political parties and the US only has two (and no chance of ever getting a third one.)

I would guess that a simple majority (1 vote more than any of the other candidates) is easier to obtain in Mexico than in the US.

France uses run-offs for presidential elections. Maybe this is the better idea. But remember that the Roman had a couple of Triumvirates more than 2000 years ago. Problem solved.