There's a reasonable case for making voting more complex to decrease the number of idiots who vote. I'm thinking a set of basic science and maths questions would be a good start. :)
Jim On 10 September 2013 22:48, Kim Holburn <[email protected]> wrote: > It's sounds to me like one of those things imported from the US extreme > right wing. Voter ID makes sense in the US because voting is not > compulsory and it makes it harder for the poor to vote but it's just silly > in Australia. > > On 2013/Sep/10, at 10:22 PM, Craig Sanders wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 04:28:52PM +1000, Jan Whitaker wrote: > >> [We didn't hear a thing about it this time, even for disabled access. > >> What happened to the 'next big thing'? I'd be interested in Linkers' > >> view of the security of evoting now - have things changed or is > >> Diebold still sus?] > > > > diebold is worse than suss. diebold and other commercial US voting > > machines have so many security holes in them that it goes way beyond > > mere incompetence - they could only have been designed deliberately that > > bad. > > Agreed, as for electronic voting there are simple ways of doing it > reasonably well - like having the machine print out your ballot, so you can > check it for yourself. The real problem seems to be the tallying systems > and they seem to be just as insecure. The closer to the centre the more > likely a simple compromise can compromise an election. That's where we > have to be really careful. What benefits do electronic tallying give us? > A slightly speedier but much more vulnerable system of counting. > > > > >> > http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2013/lets-ditch-the-paper-ballots-and-go-electric-malcolm-turnbull-20130910-2thiy.html > > > > to summarise: > > > > they're in power, and they're going to make sure they stay in power from > > now on, even after the australian public realise just how much they've > > screwed themselves. whatever it takes. and e-voting is far easier to > > manipulate in bulk than the current paper ballot system. > > > > and they're using the same "voter fraud" lies that they used this > > election to try to disenfranchise voters, and the last election. the > > same kind of likes that have been used very successfully in the US for > > decades to keep poor, non-anglo, and non-white people from voting. > > > > craig > > > > -- > > craig sanders <[email protected]> > > _______________________________________________ > > Link mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link > > -- > Kim Holburn > IT Network & Security Consultant > T: +61 2 61402408 M: +61 404072753 > mailto:[email protected] aim://kimholburn > skype://kholburn - PGP Public Key on request > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link > _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
