@ Meesh- – interesting article indeed.. . !

@ Joni – – part of the problem is that election laws are enforced at a local level, and this allows often partisan officials a lot of say. Plus, as I mentioned, the electronic voting machines have been a travesty. Diebold’s CEO promised to deliver Ohio in the 2004 election to Bush; he claimed he was speaking as a fund-raiser, but actions speak louder than words in the end.

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0828-08.htm

In Finland we have county elections coming up and there are election vans driving to outbacks (so to say) to enable people to give their vote. So hearing that people are not allowed to vote (who they want) in a Country that is supposed to be the model of democracy is really like cyberpunk dystopia coming to real life.

I’m not saying that things are all that well up here where all sorts of “good brother” networks have been in place for decades. Still, those institutions have been now lifted to daylight instead of dusted under a carpet like have been done in the past years.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/points/stories/DN-mcallister_19edi.ART.State.Edition1.4ab7a12.html