EP-RANTS!

If you thought Florida elections were bad..... Here's some excerpts from some articles about a very serious problem that every conscious American should be aware of.... * * * * * * * * The U.S. presidential election is still more than a year away, but it is already headed for a scandal even worse than what voters got in 2000. http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20030725.gtjackjuly25/BNStory/Technology/ For some in Maryland, the report yesterday by Johns Hopkins University computer security experts that electronic voting machines could easily be hacked into set off alarm bells. But for others, including the state officials who recently signed a $55.6 million agreement to put the units in every voting precinct by March, the report is one more example of "technological hysteria." "The study should be setting off alarm bells," said Del. William A. Bronrott (D-Montgomery). "We need to be 100 percent sure that there is no chance