Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on May 04, 2004 02:39 AM
No, it is not good enough for voting. Voting from home makes it all too easy for someone to be 'helping' grandma over her shoulder, and thus getting two votes for him/her self, and none for grandma. It also makes vote selling possible.
I believe the only acceptable alternative is a paper copy, that can be viewed and verified by the voter, but cannot be taken away or seen by anyone else while the voter is still present. Then we need random audit checks, to make sure the numbers counted by the voting machine match the number of ballots, with full recounts if the accuracy does not meet a pre-defined standard.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on May 04, 2004 02:39 AMI believe the only acceptable alternative is a paper copy, that can be viewed and verified by the voter, but cannot be taken away or seen by anyone else while the voter is still present. Then we need random audit checks, to make sure the numbers counted by the voting machine match the number of ballots, with full recounts if the accuracy does not meet a pre-defined standard.
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