Wednesday, November 03, 2004
e-voting and verifiability
Computer World has an article about the problems with voting on computers - both the accuracy issue and the lack of scalability.
Any lawyers out there in states with these machines who might want to look into the constitutionality of not being able to verify votes? Funny how the exit polls apparently were inaccurate in several of these states - just like in 2000 when exit polls reflected the problems with the "butterfly ballots".
Well, Diebold did promise to deliver...
At the very least, a paper receipt should be mandatory for any voting done on computers. Voters must be able to verify that their votes were cast for the correct person.
¶ 7:36 PM
Computer World has an article about the problems with voting on computers - both the accuracy issue and the lack of scalability.
Any lawyers out there in states with these machines who might want to look into the constitutionality of not being able to verify votes? Funny how the exit polls apparently were inaccurate in several of these states - just like in 2000 when exit polls reflected the problems with the "butterfly ballots".
Well, Diebold did promise to deliver...
At the very least, a paper receipt should be mandatory for any voting done on computers. Voters must be able to verify that their votes were cast for the correct person.
¶ 7:36 PM
