Is Arizona's Internet Voting System Safe Enough?

JMcCloy writes "Kevin Poulsen, senior editor at Wired News, asks readers 'Is internet voting safe?' and has a poll at the end of the article. So far, 32% responding actually think that internet voting is worth it, risks and all. It is scary how easily people can be persuaded to trust a system that is so vulnerable." The system described, used in Arizona in last year's election process, isn't just checking a box and clicking a button, but Poulsen lays out some scenarios by which it could be subverted.

Full Results of Poll: ' Is internet voting safe?'

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes 32%
No 22%
Ron Paul 46%

Re:Recipe for pseudo democracy

[commodoresloat]

Second thing - hookers and blackjack in the white house. On second thought, forget the dictatorship.

Yup

[Anonymous Coward]

Because our Diebold machines are so accurate...

Re:Safe or not...

[Trivial_Zeros]

Simple. Have one of the questions be: "Is a member of the mafia standing behind you." Of course, since if a member of the mafia is standing behind them, they will be forced to reply "No", make sure that the answer is switched.

Vote selling is possible

[jonaskoelker]

Last time I voted, I wasn't strip-searched for cameras.

Here's how Tony the Mobster buys your vote: you'll deliver to him a small video of you in the booth, with the ballot clearly made out as a vote for what he wants, and you exiting the booth putting the vote in the urn. The he won't shoot your kneecaps.

He'll probably even help you with a good enough covert camera if your cell phone will attract too much attention.

Anybody got an idea for how to limit this? Tony is a resourceful man, he can send goons to your polling station who'll observe you...