The blogosphere is abuzz today with talk of electronic voting. One site is even proclaiming that today is the end of electronic voting in this country!!!111!!11@@ eleventy(emphasis mine). I disagree. For one reason only. Money. A juicy government contract to provide polling machines is just way to sweet to give up. Especially since a taste has already been given. The corporations supplying the machines have lots of money. They can use that money to ply the appropriate people to ensure that next election all polling places are mandated to use their machine. In fact I would not be suprised if there is a consortium or standards body created shortly that is comprised of members of the corporations who make these machines. What better possible way to ensure that that money flows(Better to split than get nothing). Naturally, it would only follow that that body be entrusted to certify which machines are acceptable for use in elections.

What me cynical. I need to open my email.