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Re: votes
Posted By: Howard, on host 205.184.139.97
Date: Saturday, February 13, 1999, at 07:56:51
In Reply To: Re: votes posted by Sam on Saturday, February 13, 1999, at 07:41:06:

> > > > Sam, if someone has multiple email addresses, is there a way to stop them from voting more than once in the book elections? You probably already thought about it, but I just realized it.
> >
> > > Yes, I always nail a couple people each election for doing that. It's taken care of. :-)
> >
> > Naaaaah! You're bluffing. How could you do that?
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> Apparently Shai'tan thought I was bluffing and tried it. Sorry Shai'tan. :-) (It's too bad I noticed, too, because you voted for the book I wanted to win.)
>
> > I heard of a guy who had two identies. He worked on one social security number while drawing unemployment on another.
>
> These kinds of scams aren't too uncommon. Usually they get tracked down and jailed. At any rate, there are a couple things I can use to find duplicate votes beyond comparing the email addresses. Obviously someone clever enough could get by it, but for a book election, I'm not too concerned about it.

I gotta hand it to you, Sam, you know your computers. But that comes from a guy who doesn't know beans about computers.
H

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