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Gabu
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« on: October 03, 2004, 11:08:13 PM »

The only thing that would make internet voting a good idea is if a distinct, verifiable paper trail was created from the votes that could be used for a recount, which prompts the question as to why we shouldn't just go with the paper format to begin with.  Asking the manufacturers for the source code wouldn't work because they could just provide an innocent version and then change it.
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Gabu
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« Reply #1 on: October 03, 2004, 11:39:20 PM »

This would be great if they could secure it.  Eventually they will.  After all, you can work your stocks on the net and you can mortgage your house online.

Yes, but it's in the manufacturer's best interest in those cases that everything goes as planned for the user and it's very obvious when something has gone wrong, neither of which is necessarily true in electronic voting.  It's not just the issue of a lack of security that's the problem with electronic voting; the manufacturers themselves might try to pull something.
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