[atlarge-discuss] High-Tech Elections....

[Walter Schmidt <walts@dorsai.org>]

Folks -

FYI, as others are discussing...

Will high-tech save or sink future elections? Experts, officials weigh the
promise and peril of electronic vote systems By Alan Boyle MSNBC

 http://www.msnbc.com/news/826193.asp?0si=-

WHY VOTING IS DIFFICULT - Jim Adler...of VoteHere, agrees that Internet
voting is a huge challenge....If this was so easy, banks would be doing
elections...

(I)ts OK if the bank knows how much money you have in your account but its
not OK if the election office knows how you voted.

And yet, the voting process should leave a verifiable audit trail not only
to guard against election fraud and allow for recounts, but also to ensure
that every vote cast is counted...

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