Jason Spatafore wrote:

> On Sun, 2009-08-30 at 15:20 -0700, Ryan Rix wrote:
>> > The president is asking for permission...it is up to us to grant it.
>> No, it's up to the people who the lobbyists elected.
> 
> *YOU* had a direct vote in their election to office and your vote was
> just as meaningful as the lobbyists with equal weight. Again, we can say
> it's corrupt all we want but *WE* do have a say. We do get to vote. And
> we all know that every representative does not represent all their
> constituents.

Who pays for the advertisements and the money that gives the people who run 
for office the power and the footprint to actually get elected? Not me or 
anyone else; the lobbyists who want those people elected, the lobbyists who 
then control those who are in office.

Ryan 

> 
> Until the representatives are removed...we will constantly struggle with
> this so-called Democracy. Technology has finally caught up to where it
> can be used for a direct Democratic country with lower costs than
> running elections every two years. Now is the time to start
> implementing.
> 
> And yes, my first vote is to eliminate paper ballots and bar people
> without access to computers from elections. Sorry, a computer is
> available almost everywhere you go. It's time to grow with the times and
> move on.

How do you deal with the security implications/identity crises that computer 
based voting introduces?

-- 
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