Doubting Electronic Voting

twitter writes "The NYT is raising the alarm on electronic voting. After citing expert opinion on the need for a paper trail, they then quote election officials and vendors who dismiss that opinion as the ignorant work of dreamers. The reporter titles his article, 'To Register Doubts, Press Here' and seems less than convinced."

How will that work?

[grub]

Will random people get hanging chad cookies in their browsers?

Top 5 reasons for Electronic Voting

[AtariAmarok]

5. Two words: Digital chads

4. Chicago motto: "Log in early, and vote often"

3. In the Mayor Daley election, even dead OS's like BSD can vote.

2. You can now use Grokster and Kazaa to steal votes.

1. "I'm from Chicago. Give me two public keys".

Re:Greatest scam in history.

[Anonymous Coward]

Actually, that distinction will be given to the permanent marker.

May seem wierd now, but with centuries of perspective I think it will all make sense.

Re:Get real

[Flabby Boohoo]

"Except in the US, where it can make you rich and powerful. Just ask Michael Moore."

I'm sorry, did you really mean cynical and fat? He certainly is NOT rich and powerful. Why else would he have hijacked the Oscars?

Re:Right..... and all financial transactions onlin

[Scaba]

...but this reporter is nervous about voting?

He's nervous, beause with electronic voting, a paranoid, warmongering lunatic may be able to fix an election, get himself voted in, and start an aggressive campaign of pre-emptive...oh wait.

Re:Yeah right

[st0rmshad0w]

"a truely impartial third party"? Like who? What organization is responsible enough to oversee the elections of the most powerful nation on Earth and yet has no opinion one way or another on how they should go.

The Stonecutters? Uh, wait, never mind...

Re:Why is _paper_ necessary?

[gpinzone]

And when you hear a token hit the bucket bottom with a hollow, bassy sound, you know the person just voted for the Communist party. Arrest him!

Frodo?

[Anonymous Coward]

Frodo rules Brazil?

Re:Yeah right

[DickBreath]

"a truely impartial third party"? Like who? What organization is responsible enough to oversee the elections of the most powerful nation on Earth and yet has no opinion one way or another on how they should go.

Microsoft.

They would be truly impartial.

They would also be truly secure and trustworthy.

(Don't believe me, just read their latest press releases! So there.)

Sideshow who?

[liquidsin]

"I think the concerns being raised are 100 percent valid," Mr. Terwilliger said. "However, they're being raised by people who have little idea about what actually goes on."

Somehow I just don't trust a man named 'Terwilliger' to *not* rig an election. He'd probably have our dead pets voting him in as mayor...

Re:Free mirror

[buffer-overflowed]

It's not French, it's freedom. Geez, don't you pay attention...

s/French/freedom/g

IE: Do you speak freedom?
I took freedom in high school.
Would you like some freedom toast?