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A device that records the choices of voters in an election. It can take several forms:
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1. A mechanical device, where the voter flips small levers next to the candidates' names to indicate their choices, then pulls a big lever to record the votes. Considered very difficult to hack.
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2. A direct-recording electronic (DRE) machine. May print vote totals on paper, but there is no way for a voter to verify that his/her votes were accurately recorded. Unlike mechanical voting machines, DRE machines are extremely vulnerable to fraud and malware that can steal a percentage of votes, reassigning them to the rigged candidate.
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3. An electronic machine that lets the voter make choices, then PRINTS AN ACTUAL FILLED-OUT PAPER BALLOT, which the voter can review and either discard (and start over) or cast. THE PAPER BALLOT IS THE OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE VOTE.
Ballots can be quickly counted by optical scanning technology. (Voters could also choose to fill in a blank ballot by hand.) Importantly, ballots can be RECOUNTED, by hand if necessary.
Counts from the voting machines need not be trusted as anything more than quick estimates or "exit polls". This scheme makes it difficult to commit the large-scale fraud so easy to do invisibly with paperless DRE machines.
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A number of Diebold electronic voting machines have been in the news, first for criminally incompetent software and database design, leaving vote records wide open to undetectable tampering, more recently for vulnerability to "computer virus" style malware that can spread from machine to machine through the data cards used to collect voting data.
Making such electronic voting machines widespread is the perfect way to lay the groundwork for large-scale, invisible voter fraud.
There's plenty of information on this on the Web. A good place to start: the Coalition for Voting Integrity, www.coalitionforvotingintegrity.org .
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1.) a phrase emphasizing the lack of recognition one may get for doing a certain thing
2.) a useless activity
Ace: I spent all day on WoW farming titanium ore.
Gary: Yikes, really? So you've been voting in Florida all day while I've been at work? Nice, thanks...
Ace: Well, you may have made 120 real-life dollars, but I've made over 4k gold! So, suck it.
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Voting for a presidential candidate solely because they're a woman.
"Dude, who are you voting for in the next election?"
"Hillary man, it'd be so great to finally have a female president."
"Don't cast a vagina vote!"
To influence or change the outcome of a topic voted on (poll, election, referendum, etc)
We tried to elect our candidate, but those farmers just had to rock the vote.
Adjective: To be erect in the penile area.
The Moment an erection occurs
or the act of hard-on
" Jessica look,Juan is voting for hodge!" " Well it's because i made him vote for hodge."
:: or ::"Mrs. Nizzle was astonished when she noticed Andy was voting for hodge right in the middle of her class."
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Choosing to throw up during a night of drinking....so you can drink more.
Vote Puke, so you can Drink More
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November 10th, 2004
by Jayson Blair
New York (AP) - Music/Fashion mogul Sean "P. Diddy" Combs may be a suspect in a series of violent murders, in which of the victims were all un-registered voters, or registered voters who did not participate in the 2004 Elections. All six victims were killed in the same manner, with a single gunshot to the head. Police believe these murders are a direct response to the "warning" Combs has made repeatedly during the past few months; "Vote or Die". While many saw the "Vote or Die" campaign as being simply an innapropriately-named event, it now seems possible that Combs was fully serious in his words, and that he is now carrying out his promise. While Combs is currently not a suspect, the police have not ruled out his involvement completely. Combs' publicist was unavailable for comment at this time.
Actually, this never happened. "Vote or Die!" is still a pretty stupid name for a campaign, though.
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