Thursday, December 28, 2006

You know what really had me terrified on Nov. 7?

Jennings has now filed suit with the same court, demanding a new election. She deserves one. But for the nation as a whole, the important thing isn’t who gets seated to represent Florida’s 13th District. It’s whether the voting disaster there leads to legislation requiring voter verification and a paper trail. And I have to say that the omens aren’t good. I’ve been shocked at how little national attention the mess in Sarasota has received. Here we have as clear a sign as ever that warnings from computer scientists about the dangers of paperless electronic voting are valid.

As far as I can tell, the reason Florida- 13 hasn’t become a major national story is that neither control of Congress nor control of the White House is on the line. But must we wait for a constitutional crisis to realize that we’re in danger of becoming a digital-age banana republic?

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