Declan:
I completely agree with you that internet voting isn't quite ready fom
prime-time just yet. But given the current snafu I highly suspect that
there will be a lot of interest in the field.
Certainly, I hope one of the few things the new congress will be able to do
is set-up a commission to propose new voting standards. Hopefully they will
pick a standard that doesn't give rise to problems 30-40 years in the
future...
personally, if I had a say I'd say they should adopt the same system Canada
uses. They use a 100 year old system, had few if any recounts, and managed
to count all thier manual ballots in less than 72 hours.
--On Sunday, December 10, 2000 11:59 AM -0500 Declan McCullagh
Robert, With respect, you're joking, right?
The current system is flawed, true, but an Internet voting system would likely suffer from far more serious security, authentication, and fraud problems. This is a recurring topic of discussion in cryptographic and computer-risks circles. Do some web searches.
-Declan
On Sun, Dec 10, 2000 at 10:23:17AM -0500, Robert Guerra wrote:
Hey if there's a good side of the US mis-election this year.. it is that finally there will be an attempt to improve and modernize the process.
One of the technologies to improve the voting process is secure e-voting..Can anyone enlighten me as to who is working in the field.. Looks like it will be the only tech stocks that will do well in 2001 !
regards
robert