Group Sues To Stop German E-Voting 92
kRemit writes "The German hacker group Chaos Computer Club today sued the German State of Hessen to prevent the use of electronic voting machines (Google translation) in the upcoming elections on January 27. This comes as a follow-up to the Dutch initiative 'We don't trust voting machines,' which succeeded in banning the same type of voting machines in the Netherlands."
As simple as I can say this... (Score:5, Informative)
Seriously, at best they are a waste of money. At worst, and probably most likely, they add all sorts of new vectors for corruption in a process that is inherently corrupt. Listen, most sane people realize that instant election results are not worth the dangers involved with excessive automation of the process. Keep to Occam's razor. The simpler the system the better. Pen and paper are ideal, but a punch card system is a fair choice as well.
All the arguments are hashed and tired. There's no sensible reason to move to electronic voting. It doesn't magically increase turn-out. It's expensive. I needn't go on. However, if anyone on the elections board or whatever decisional authority over elections is reading this, this is a good starting point [schneier.com] for comprehending the e-voting situation as it stands as a piece of the larger issue of elections in general.
SAGEN SIE NICHT ZUM ELEKTRONISCHEN WÄHLEN!!
English Version Available (Score:5, Informative)
24c3 lectures (Score:4, Informative)
one about electronic voting in the netherlands (english): http://outpost.h3q.com/fnord/24c3-torrents/24c3-2342-en-it_was_a_bad_idea_anyway.mkv.torrent [h3q.com]
another about electronic voting vulnerabilities and the status in germany (german): http://outpost.h3q.com/fnord/24c3-torrents/24c3-2380-de-nedap_wahlcomputer_in_deutschland.mkv.torrent [h3q.com]