BBV question. Can anybody help me out?

[Nevernose]

Following is a post I made earlier in LBN. Am I way off base here? Is there something else I need to know about Nevada's electronic voting? There are just too many issues out there for me to get more than a passing understanding of most of them, so please forgive my ignorance.

I feel confident in NV's computerized voting methods. While I am in no way an expert on BBV, I have voted in many Nevada elections. There have been no major issues so far, and we've been using computerized voting machines for ten years. It actually came as a shock to me when people got so upset about BBV in the last couple of years; Nevada has had computer voting for a decade. In the '98 recount between Reid and Ensign, a recount was performed, finding a vote discrepancy of only about 200 votes out of a hundred thousand cast.

There is also the issue that in Nevada, the voting machines are supervised, regulated, and checked out by the Nevada Gaming Commission, the same non-partisan group of techies and scientists who oversee all video gambling in the state (and, by default, in all other states and most other countries as well). I have confidence in these people.

It also bears mentioning that the Sec. of State, Dean Heller(R), last year decided not to use anything produced by Diebold.

[ParanoidPat]

1. Please define "computerized voting methods".......

......as not all computerized counting machines would be considered "Black Box" voting methods.

From the State of Nevada Fiscal Year 2004-2005 Preliminary State Plan

Of the 17 counties in the State, seven (7) currently use punch card machines, nine (9) use optical scan machines, and one (1) uses direct record voting machines1. Due to requirements outlined in HAVA, the State is taking steps to substantially upgrade systems, redesign processes and provide updated and continual training for election administrators and the citizens of the State. In December 2003, Secretary of State Dean Heller took the first step toward achieving these goals by announcing the decision to purchase Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) voting machines for all Nevada counties.

He also announced his mandate to include a voter verifiable paper trail on all newly purchased DRE machines for the 2004 election. As part of this process, all existing machines statewide must add the printer technology by 2006. The Secretary of State also issued a proclamation decertifying all punch-card voting machines in Nevada as of September 1, 2004.

See Appendix "A" of the linked document for a county by county breakdown of equipment used. :)

Looks like you're in good shape. :evilgrin:

[Nevernose]

2. Thanks for the help

Thanks. As you may or may not have noticed, I'm a borderline moron. Now I'm a moron who's going to stay up all night reading throguh asshole Dean Hellers' voting plans.

:hi:

Thanks again