I'm reviewing the CFP2000 conference (www.cfp2000.org) proceedings (http://www.acm.org/pubs/contents/proceedings/cas/332186/) and have come across the following paper which I think is relevant to the e-election discussion which has been going on here... Internet Voting: Spurring or Corrupting Democracy http://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/cas/332186/p229-craft/p229-craf... [In conclusion].. ... We in Florida have consluded that, as long as we compy with our existig laws on election procedures and governmental structure, we can proceed with our efforts to formulate policy in the Technology issue area by examining, testing, and certifying Internet voting systems for pilot-project use. Furthermore, we believe this approach will have NO EFFECT on the political science issue area. We are considering the certification of precinct-based Internet voting systems when a system vendor introduces a system which will meet or exceed Florida's existing standards for security, privacy and accuracy.. -- "...as we transfer our whole being to the data bank, privacy will become a ghost or echo of its former self and what remains of community will disappear"...Marshal McLuhan -- Robert Guerra <rguerra@yahoo.com>, Fax: +1(303) 484-0302 WWW Page <http://pgp.greatvideo.com>, ICQ # 10266626 PGPKeys <http://pgp.greatvideo.com/keys/rguerra/>