On 10/09/13 16:28, Jan Whitaker wrote: > ...I'd be interested in Linkers' > view of the security of evoting now ...
The eVoting for the ACT elections has been working routinely now for years: http://blog.tomw.net.au/2008/10/voted-electronically-in-canberra.html This was developed by Canberra company, Software Improvements, with Open Source provided so the integrity of the software could be checked (some ANU staff were involved in the project): http://www.elections.act.gov.au/elections_and_voting/electronic_voting_and_counting/development_of_the_system. My preference would be to introduce a similar eVoting system for federal elections, but only at the larger polling booths, interstate and pre-poll booths. Voters could be encouraged to "pop in and vote while shopping" during the pre-poll period using the electronic system, while retaining the option of a paper ballot. That way about three quarters of the votes could be collected electronically, speeding up the count. eVoting would also reduce accidental informal votes. The ACT system warns the voter if their vote will be informal, but still allows them to submit it. Perhaps an option should be added to allow the voter to type in a Tweet sized protest message, which would be collated and displayed on election night as a tag cloud. ;-) Also the major parties would find it more difficult to bombard voters with advertisements at the last minute. I was thinking of having badges made to keep away politicians: "Don't bother me, I have already voted!". ;-) -- Tom Worthington FACS CP, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150 The Higher Education Whisperer http://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/ PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia http://www.tomw.net.au Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Research School of Computer Science, Australian National University http://cs.anu.edu.au/courses/COMP7310/ _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
