From: bwr607@hotmail.com 
  
 Dave Sill  wrote in 
 news:wx0wtz2kysz.fsf@sws5.ornl.gov: 
  
 > Even requiring *no* data, but requiring voters to register, say, six 
 > months before they can vote, would prevent spontaneous stuffing since 
 > voters would have had to register before the group was even 
 > proposed. It would also allow the UVV staff to Turing Test suspicious 
 > voters *before* they can vote. 
  
 Many, if not most people only vote on a CFV if they see the proposal posted 
 in one of the groups they read. If required to register before the proposal 
 exists, you would get no one but the news.groups regulars voting on most 
 proposals..and serial voters like the "Stromboli family". 
  
 I'm beginning to think that both the Stromboli and Full Metal Jacket blocks 
 were cast intentionally to cause trouble..not to sway the outcome either 
 way. Guess what..it worked. They are probably laughing at the entire thing 
 as we discuss it. If they wanted to simply commit voter fraud, they could 
 have done it in a far less obvious manner..like using random names with no 
 apparent relationship to each other. It was a bad move to accept all of 
 those "Stromboli" votes after the first proposal they voted on..three CFVs 
 in a row is ridiculous. At the very least, there should be a rule against 
 obvious serial/repeat voting. 
  
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 Bill 
  
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