I’ve read some interesting articles lately. The first two are a series on the key problem in the use of voting technology in the U.S. The author brings it all home for me—literally—by using Canada’s electoral system as an example. So now, the U.S. system finally makes sense to me; I now understand that it is totally senseless.
- No Confidence Vote: Why the Current Touch Screen Voting Fiasco Was Pretty Much Inevitable
- Follow the Money: Why the Best Voting Technology May Be No Technology at All
The third article is great. Really, these guys are nuts, but that’s why I read The Onion every week. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.