The virus problems of the voting machines is somewhat less serious than the 2000 date problem, which is to say not a problem. It is easy to tell if the virus would interfere with the voting function of the machine. Most likely it is the same type of virus that infects the computer you are reading this on right now, the one waiting to pop up a gay porn site the next time you play the MP3 of “I Left My Heart in San Fransisco”.

The flaw in the electronic voting machine system had to do with the handling of the vote totals after they were uploaded from the machine, not with the machines themselves. Electronic data verification, properly done, is much more rigorous than any paper trail.

ACORN registers voters in urban, minority areas. This doesn't come close to describing any part of NY-23. ACORN has never been associated with a case of vote fraud. They submitted fraudulent voters registration forms collected by their people because they are required to by law. The reason we know they did was because they pointed out the fraudulent registration to the agencies so the registrations would not be accepted.

The 2000 voter fraud in Florida involved kicking tens of thousands of legitimate voters off of the voter rolls in opposition heavy precincts based on a simple matching of voters names against a list of convicted felons without checking to see if they were the same people. This fraud involved the state governments of Texas and Florida. A fraud like this is an order of magnitude above what someone like ACORN could pull off.

These are all kool aid folks. In other words, nothing to see here, move along.

Exactly why we need a paper trail at the ballot box.

I'm still hoping (probably in vain) for a viable third party made of moderates.