Op-Ed Columnist: Democracy at Risk

"Internal e-mail from Diebold, the most prominent maker of electronic voting machines (though not those in the Florida and Virginia debacles), reveals that programmers were frantic over the system's unreliability. One reads, 'I have been waiting for someone to give me an explanation as to why Precinct 216 gave Al Gore a minus 16022 when it was uploaded.' Another reads, 'For a demonstration I suggest you fake it.'"

What is surprising to me is that all of these "Voting Rights" problems are not followed up by concrete actions. Does anyone care about elections anymore? Then again, seeing who is governor of California, the response may well be "no".