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I cannot believe that states are still leaning toward paperless voting and not moving to the Oregon example of voting by mail. I am of the impression that my vote is at least as important as buying beer and pretzels at 7-11, but for some reason the states with paperless voting cannot provide a detailed receipt? I can get a detailed dated and timed receipt for my 7-11 purchase but not for my vote for the most important offices in the USA?

I try to stay away from "conspiracy theories", but if Diebold can give me a dated receipt for my ATM withdrawal, then they can issue me a detailed receipt for my vote. The only reason I can see why they won't, is that the Diebold CEO is a Bush supporter, a Pioneer level donor to his election campaigns, and was quoted as saying he would do anything to get Bush re-elected.
When Ronald Reagan was running for office at various times in his career he would wheel out one of his favorite jokes. "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help." It only took 30 years and the Bush administrations response to Hurricane Katrina and it's treatment of voters to make this a reality. Can anyone translate this into Arabic? I bet this would get big laughs in Baghdad and Tehran. But then, they get a voting receipt, even if it is just a big purple thumb.

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