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RE: [atlarge-discuss] Watchdog members (fwd)
...oops, incorrectly addressed, my fault, sorry
--- REgards, walts
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Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 08:00:15 -0400 (EDT)
From: Walter Schmidt <walts@dorsai.org>
To: Bruce Young <bruce@barelyadequate.info>
Cc: Walter Schmidt <walts@dorsai.org>
Subject: RE: [atlarge-discuss] Watchdog members
On Fri, 30 May 2003 bruce@barelyadequate.info wrote:
> Joanna Lane wrote:
>
> | I believe one of the mistakes being made in this election,
> | is not forwarding the ballots in their raw state to,
> | Watchdogs instead stripping them of any ID.
>
> The ID is not stripped, only the name. The voter's unique Voter ID is
> being preserved, and that is what the watchdogs are cueing on to detect
> duplicates. There is no need for them to know the name. All they need
> to know is Voter ID to ensure it's a unique vote. This preserves the
> anonymity of the voter, while ensuring the uniqueness of the votes.
...I do not think so - with a name, it can be checked against a roster,
with an anonymous number, yes, you can ensure it is unique, but you do not
know if it is a valid members vote, or something else...without actual
member identity, uniqueness does not ensure validity.
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