Ed Gerck <egerck@nma.com> writes:
David Jablon wrote:
The 'second law' also takes precedence: ballots are always secret, only vote totals are known and are known only after the election ends.
What I see in serious voting system research efforts are attempts to build systems that provide both accountability and privacy, with minimal tradeoffs.
There is no tradeoff prossible for voter privacy and ballot secrecy. Take away one of them and the voting process is no longer a valid measure. Serious voting system research efforts do not begin by denying the requirements.
You get totals per nation, per state, per county, per riding, per precinct, per polling stion and maybe per ballot box. So there's a need to design the system to have more voters than ballot boxes to conform to your second law.