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Name :   Adrienne Kandel
Organization :   N/A
Post Date :   9/30/2005

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Section :  .20.2.1.3
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Comment :  3. Require open code on voting machines. As the president of the American Statistical Association said in a speech, "this is a democracy, not a business opportunity." If a firm is so clueless it cannot program a computer to count and add without invoking trade secrets, it doesn't belong in the business. If its user interface is really helpful it can get copyright protection, like for music.