Vote of No Confidence

Fortune Magazine (that bastion of progressive activism) has awarded its "Worst Technology 2003" honor: Paperless voting. As David at blackboxvoting puts it, "When a right-wing, pro-business publication like Fortune turns on you, you are well and truly screwed."

Relatedly, toss one back tonight for Kevin Shelley, California Secretary of State.

"The core of our American democracy is the right to vote. Implicit in that right is the notion that that vote be private, that vote be secure, and that vote be counted as it was intended when it was cast by the voter. And I think what we're encountering is a pivotal moment in our democracy where all of that is being called into question."

Ya damn skippy it is.