Letter to the Editor – Election Fraud
Reprinted from the November 12, 2004 New York Times
Lingering Questions About the Vote
To the Editor:
“Vote Fraud Theories, Spread by Blogs, Are Quickly Buried” (front page, Nov. 12) misses the point of the majority of recount efforts, which is merely to ensure that votes are properly counted and that election technology is properly designed and supervised to prevent future fraud.
In other words, the question being asked is not whether this election was stolen but rather whether the system is secure to prevent future elections from being stolen. That the system relies upon only partly secure computer systems, owned and run by partisans, with no paper backup, is not the basis for confidence that results are accurate in a hotly contested election.
To belittle the recount concerns is a disservice to reform efforts that are absolutely essential to restore confidence in the system and prevent future frauds.
Philip R. Schatz
New York, Nov. 12, 2004
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