# Voting Rights Desecration? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 9, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-rights-desecration/187273 "2003-07-09T17:16:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![braintree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@braintree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/braintree)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-rights-desecration/187273/1 "2003-07-09T17:16:37Z")
There’s been some significant moves towards computerized ballot taking and counting. The obvious question is how easy would it be for certain corrupt individuals to tamper with such a system and turn us into a nation of Floridas (no discernable political bias there). Here’s an article from an obscure source that, nevertheless, seems pretty convincing. I was wondering if any of you guys would care to put on your thinking caps and critically analyze it. I think you’ll find that it’s quite lucid and, assuming this person knows what she’s talking about, a little scarey. [http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0307/S00065.htm](http://www.scoop.co.nz/mason/stories/HL0307/S00065.htm) ---
**Author:** ![braintree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@braintree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/braintree)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2003, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-rights-desecration/187273/2 "2003-07-09T17:22:34Z")
Please, somebody kill this redundant thread. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-rights-desecration/187273/3 "2003-07-10T19:29:08Z")
Huh. I’ll post here. That ought to kill it. ---
**Author:** ![braintree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@braintree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/braintree)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voting-rights-desecration/187273/4 "2003-07-10T19:35:27Z")
A thousand thanks.