Computers Hijack Vote in State of Washington |
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Curt Woodward (ap@telecom-digest.org) Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:53:47 -0500
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Computers Hijack Wash. Quarter Design Vote By CURT WOODWARD, Associated Press Writer
Talk about your two-bit schemes.
Robotic computer programs stuffed the online ballot boxes in a contest
State officials overseeing the balloting realized something was fishy
The opinion poll reappeared Tuesday afternoon, but the earlier results and
The State Quarter Advisory Commission assumes some technical minds
"We'll be doing a number of different things to make sure the
The quarter commission initially allowed an unlimited number of votes
But that philosophy was abandoned after the weekend's voting, which
"You could sit there and watch 200 votes appear over the course of a
"We hadn't counted on, I guess, the over-enthusiasm of people," Gerth
Stefan Sharkansky, a computer software consultant and conservative
The three quarter designs featured on the Web site are finalists to
The choices are:
_A leaping salmon breaching the water in front of a conifer-trimmed
_An American Indian-style drawing of a playful killer whale, spouting
_A salmon, apples and Mount Rainier within an outline of the state.
The advisory commission plans to consider the online vote when it
The orca design was winning before officials pulled the plug on the
Earlier votes sent by traditional mail will still be counted in the
On the Net:
State quarter: http://www.governor.wa.gov/quarter/default.asp
Copyright 2006 The Associated Press.
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