Saturday, November 10, 2007
computers and voting -- what can happen by accident
Test data got mixed up with real data in Rockville, Maryland, where voters whose house numbers began with 5 got marked as absentee voters. They couldn't vote at the polls until an emergency fix.
The lesson here is that procedures and processes are real and they matter.
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The lesson here is that procedures and processes are real and they matter.
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