Our Fraudulent ROTC Vote

8 December 2008 Columbia Spectator Commentariat blog item "Our Fraudulent ROTC Vote" by Armin Rosen.  Note:  Judging by the two voting URLs examined by Advocates for ROTC, the one that appeared transiently in BWOG and another reportedly sent around by College Democrats, the query string of the URL contained two identifiers: a three or 4 digit ID number, and a 24 character alphanumeric string.  Presumably the alphanumeric string was a password that needed to match that assigned for the ID number in order for a vote to count.  Two types of invalid votes are predictable using such a system:  people repeatedly using the valid ID/password combinations that were circulated, and people attempting to vote for another ID number without knowing the correct password.  Presumably both types of improper voting would be detected.  One could argue whether the first or last or no vote should be counted for the disclosed ID/password combinations, but clearly no vote should be counted for the bogus ID/password combinations