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On Tue, 7 Nov 2006, McIntosh Jason wrote:
Ok guys, how about this kind of a system. Been thinking about this for a
while, and honestly, it seems like it would work great to me:
1) You have an electronic voting machine which (perhaps optionally) prints
out a unique number upon completion, including the text of each thing you
were voting on. (Another option would be to include how you voted)
2) This unique identifier can be verified later by going online to a
website. You can type in the number (nothing else is required, the number
isn't personally identifiable, etc.), and see what your votes were registered
as.
One reason they don't want that, and they don't want to give people
receipts, is that it can lead to vote buying. It takes away the guarantee
of anonymity in voting. Someone can force you to vote for a certain
person by threatening you. In the current system you can always say that
you voted for X when you really voted for Y. Example: An abusive husband
can't force is wife to vote for a certain candidate.
3) A system to handle complaints about your registered vote would have
to be in place - this has to be very carefully done so people don't
change their minds later.
I don't think it can be done carefully enough to prevent massive problems.
The above system would let you keep a paper trail, use electronic
voting, and have a way to validate your vote later. The biggest issue I
have with electronic voting systems, or any voting system for that
matter, is there's no way currently to say "was my vote the vote I put
in?".
Just a thought - what do people think? Good idea? Bad idea? Things I
should add/remove?
I think the paper trail is the best we can do. Confirming later sounds
good, but there would be a lot of abuse to deal with and it would then be
hard to justify it.
Mike
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