Computers threaten everyone’s vote
Charles Reichardt’s blindness (letter to editor, June 8) should not prevent him from voting secretly. It is not necessary to have black box computers to make that possible. Surely, among other possible solutions, Braille ballots could be made available, perhaps as absentee ballots.
If Mr. Reichardt is worried about his vote being secretly and faithfully recorded, he might well question the use of black box computers, whose software can be manipulated to deprive not only the blind, but all citizens, of any assurance that their votes are being secretly and faithfully recorded. He should not confuse his special need, which can be accommodated, with the broader issue of legitimate and open elections, which are threatened by computerized voting techniques. The cheapest and most objective system still seems to be old-fashioned paper ballots.
Adrian Kuzminski , Fly Creek