Re: [atlarge-discuss] Poll watcher rights and duties

[Eric Dierker <eric@hi-tek.com>]

Any poll, or vote has a plus or minus point percentage of legitimacy.
If the rules of engagement are known ahead of time then we are fine.
(Not to be a pain but what is the technical meaning of "spits"?)

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> On Tue, 2003-04-08 at 23:27, Joop Teernstra wrote:
>> At 10:55 a.m. 9/04/2003, Stephen Waters wrote:
>> >On Tue, 2003-04-08 at 17:18, Joop Teernstra wrote:
>> > >
>> > > In fact, I have already offered my help in assigning a random
>> > > passcode to each member, specific for this election.
>> > > I do not have to build a new system for that. It is ready and has
>> > > been 
>> > used
>> > > hundreds of times.
>> >
>> >But it's web-based, right?
>> 
>> No, this part is not.
>> The Polling officer feeds the addresses into the system and it spits
>> out an  email message to each member, each with its own unique
>> alphanumeric passcode.
>> 
>> This passcode can then be used either for web based voting or for
>> email  based voting.
>> The only problem/feature  is that the system does not generate a
>> *list* of  passwords, as such lists would be an inherent security
>> risk.
> 
> 
> That's sufficient for my concerns as long as Jan and Judyth are the
> ones looking after the election. Do you have the code available for
> download?
> 
> -s



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