Originally Posted by 7960 
I never said congress shouldn't work on electronic voting..........why does working toward requiring an ID preclude congress from getting electronic voting working correctly? They are not mutually exclusive, I'll want someone to show an ID to vote when it's electronic, too.
I think that the potential for abuse of electronic voting systems are far greater than ID-less voting. I think that pushing a bill like this right now is pure pandering and a waste of time that could have been spent on the aforementioned more important issue.
Originally Posted by 7960 
sure it's a hotbutton issue, but it's also one that needs (and has needed) addressing.
I mentioned this in my other reply but the timing stinks. I have to take a cynical view towards something like this. It's way too convenient for a bill like this to come out now.
09-21-2006, 05:41 PM
