I wasn't suggesting the authorities have access to your vote. The role of the authorities is to provide the polling/vote-verification facility and to enforce physical security. You would keep your receipt private, using it for two purposes: 1. To unlock a voter registration record to be used by the authorities to verify your physical credentials. 2. Having been verified as the true owner of the receipt, to allow you to view your vote detail in private. Paul Zuefeldt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roland C. Dowdeswell" <elric@imrryr.org> To: "Paul Zuefeldt" <paul.zuefeldt@ClearLogicSolutions.com> Cc: <cryptography@metzdowd.com>; <cypherpunks@al-qaeda.net> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 11:01 PM Subject: Re: Firm invites experts to punch holes in ballot software
On 1081373018 seconds since the Beginning of the UNIX epoch "Paul Zuefeldt" wrote:
Maybe the receipt should only allow the voter to check that his vote has been counted. To get the detail you could require him to appear in person with his receipt AND a photo ID or some such, then only allow him to view his detail -- not print it.
I'd be slightly uncomfortable with this since the authorities should not have a mechanism by which they can discover for whom I voted.
-- Roland Dowdeswell http://www.Imrryr.ORG/~elric/
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