[Cyber Wolf]

Right. In terms of the election itself, what's the absolute worst that could happen if terrorists attack polling stations on Election Day? The votes from those stations won't be counted. How many thousands (hundred thousands?)of polling stations are there across the US? Not to mention absentee ballots and the like? The terrorists would have to hit a LOT of stations in the 12 or so hours that elections are open. And even if they did, news of a station being hit would travel REAL fast and every other station in the US would be on guard. If it is Al Qaeda, then it's known they don't like to go after well guarded targets, more trouble and less chance of success.

Doing anything to move, postpone or otherwise alter the normal flow of the elections would only bolster the terrorists' morale. Now, what if we left the elections alone and went on through as planned? If a few sites are attacked, should be totally shut down and cower like a bad puppy looking at a raised rolled up newspaper? Or should we take what votes do get through and use them? Besides, in the normal course of an election, it's nothing new for votes to be lost, forged and mistallied. In a given year, there's plenty of votes that either don't get in or don't get counted correctly. I shouldn't have to remind anyone of the absolute tripe that was 2000's election process. If an attack should happen, acknowledge it, yes. Mourn what losses occur, yes. But don't STOP. Keep MOVING. Take what you've got and GO.

[offtopic]Also, along the lines of letting go and moving on, how long are flags supposed to be kept at half-mast for the death of a president? Around here, there's still flags being raised a half-mast and I can't figure out if there's a time period for it or if whoever's responsible just forgot/is lazy?[/offtopic]