Firm invites experts to punch holes in ballot software

[Paul Zuefeldt]

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 at imrryr.org>
To: "Paul Zuefeldt" <paul.zuefeldt at ClearLogicSolutions.com>
Cc: <cryptography at metzdowd.com>; <cypherpunks at 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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