1 post from 2004

I'm now engaging in what will surely become a Florida tradition: I'm looking over my absentee ballot and using the internet to research my voting choices. After the 2000 election, and the promise of Diebold president, Wally O'Dell "to helping Ohio deliver its electoral votes to the President," it's not hard to get a little paranoid about who controls the election.
http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/columns/2004/03/03_200.html

Everybody's favorite Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin is frequently credited with having said that the voters decide nothing, while the vote counters decide everything. Regardless of whether he actually said it, it is painfully true, particularly if the vote-counters have put themselves in a position to easily conceal the true count. If you're a resident of Hillsborough County and have not yet requested an absentee ballot, there's still plenty of time. Consider that the voting machines in Hillsborough County are electronic, touch screen systems that produce NO PAPER RECORD of your vote, and then go visit the elections supervisor's website to request your absentee ballot.
http://www.votehillsborough.org/items.aspx?id=84

If you live somewhere else that is using a paperless voting system, I recommend that you find out how to request your absentee ballot. It's easy to dismiss all this talk of voting machine tampering as paranoia, but wouldn't you rather be safe than disenfranchised?