November 22, 2003

Soros
I know I already pointed at this George Soros article in The Atlantic, but go read it again.

To come to terms with these [terrorist] threats will take some adjustment; but the threats cannot be allowed to dominate our existence. Exaggerating them will only make them worse. The most powerful country on earth cannot afford to be consumed by fear.
Even billionaires get it.
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More voting
Wired, via slashdot:

California will become the first state requiring all electronic voting machines produce a voter-verifiable paper receipt.

The requirement, announced Friday by California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley, applies to all electronic voting systems already in use as well as those currently being purchased. The machines must be retrofitted with printers to produce a receipt by 2006.
Of course, it's not exactly a nationwide requirement, nor will the several elections held between now and 2006 be as tamper-proof as they should be, but it's better than nothing. All the stink raised by us paranoids may be showing signs having been worthwhile.
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