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Wow... conspiracy spam!

The cost aspect of the voting machines is a great topic to stay on. Just in my state it cost 27 million federal dollars to get the initial machines which they are saying is not sufficient and will require at least 3 million more local dollars. The cost of hiring poll workers has gone up from $60.00 to as much as $225.00. It costs a couple of million just to store the machines. The governor of Maryland claims Diebold has raised their maintenance costs by 1000%. The cost of having Diebold professionals around to help with problems is unknown to me but I know it is very high.

In other words, don't expect to see a news report detailing this LIBERAL spending policy!

In Cuyahoga county OH it cost $19 additional per vote than the expensive spring Diebold primary debacle. Twenty bucks, indeed!

Hmmm...

Here's a fun project for someone: gather the needed data to provide a reasonable "real-life" baseline estimate for the cost of paper balloting in America.

Has this been done anywhere?

It should cover the cost for American-style... would you call it "multiplex balloting"?... for federal, state, and local elections for a 4 year period.

I'm thinking that any machinery required to aid us disabled types should be marginal to the total cost, as the "totally disabled" vote is simply not that large and such "enabling machines" can be properly portioned out to the polling areas where they're really needed ahead of time. (And they'll actually be designed to help the disabled... and not tacked on merely as a gateway to ensure corporate profits)

(I know, they'll still be all over the place... and they should be )

Just a random thought... fire at will