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posted by LaminatorX on Friday March 21 2014, @04:02PM   Printer-friendly
from the New-Name-Poll-Solution! dept.

gewg_ writes:

"In case you missed your previous opportunity to get a Diebold Accuvote voting machine so that you could practice manipulating the American electoral system, Brad Friedman reports that there are now ES&S (Elections Systems & Software) voting machines available on eBay for $499.99 or 'Best Offer.'"

 
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  • (Score: 2) by Boxzy on Friday March 21 2014, @04:26PM

    by Boxzy (742) on Friday March 21 2014, @04:26PM (#19473)

    Worthless crap, so, $1 (one) dollar.

    Curiosity value minimal.

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    • (Score: 2) by edIII on Friday March 21 2014, @06:47PM

      by edIII (791) on Friday March 21 2014, @06:47PM (#19515)

      What??

      Plenty of value. Those bastards are like full kiosks. More than likely to have a 15" touchscreen interface, high quality enclosure, possible multiple other systems encased. Who knows whats actually running it under the hood.

      This sounds like perfect material to start a MAME table top arcade cabinet with a touch screen menu interface.

      Offer them 300 and I'm pretty sure you are getting a lot parts for your next project cheaply.

    • (Score: 2) by edIII on Friday March 21 2014, @06:49PM

      by edIII (791) on Friday March 21 2014, @06:49PM (#19516)

      Nevermind. I just saw the pics.

      I would offer the $1 but that gets you two tacos.

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by NCommander on Friday March 21 2014, @04:55PM

    by NCommander (2) <mcasadevall@dev.soylentnews.org> on Friday March 21 2014, @04:55PM (#19483) Homepage Journal

    We'll be making sure NOT to use these for any official site polls :-)

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    • (Score: 1) by bob_super on Friday March 21 2014, @06:16PM

      by bob_super (1357) on Friday March 21 2014, @06:16PM (#19500)

      Don't worry, if you were to inadvertently find a flaw, they'd just DMCA you...

      Question: given what we've learnt about the NSA since the last election, why go to the polls when we know they can choose the winner without bothering us? It used to be just a silly conspiracy theory in the previous elections...

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 21 2014, @07:20PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 21 2014, @07:20PM (#19524)

        On a slightly different tangent, Brad advises folks to register for an absentee ballot and walk that ballot into the meatspace voting place.
        (Mailed-in ballots are the easiest to "lose".)

        You're still subject to the vicissitudes of the poll workers and optical scanning equipment, but, in most places in the USA, it's the least-vulnerable way to cast a ballot.

        --gewg_

        • (Score: 2) by Reziac on Saturday March 22 2014, @11:17PM

          by Reziac (2489) on Saturday March 22 2014, @11:17PM (#19872) Homepage

          That's how I've voted for decades, if only because I can't remember to mail the durn thing. Hand-delivery does guarantee it at least got into the system, if nothing else.

  • (Score: 1) by The Archon V2.0 on Friday March 21 2014, @11:04PM

    by The Archon V2.0 (3887) on Friday March 21 2014, @11:04PM (#19583)
    I have this old minibar key [freedom-to-tinker.com] and nothing bugs me more than a key with no lock.