Re: Touch Screen Voting systems
From: Alan Winston - SSRL Admin Cmptg Mgr (winston_at_SSRL.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU)
Date: 07/30/04
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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 20:26:03 GMT
In article <f30679fb.0407301038.5462c04e@posting.google.com>, fabiopenvms@yahoo.com.br (Fabio Cardoso) writes:
>"Bochnik, William J" <William Bochnik@acml.com> wrote in message news:<2D75787AAF09C64481BDFD89113BE6D504ADA58E@ac2kama0102.ac.lp.acml.com>...
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Charlie Hammond [mailto:hammond@not@peek.ssr.hp.com]
>> >Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2004 4:23 PM
>> >To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com
>> >Subject: Re: Touch Screen Voting systems
>> >
>> >(snip)
>> >
>> >And, of course, the Touch Screen systems have *NO* audit train to allow
>>
>> >a re-count. Even the proposal for attaching printers will only record
>> >the machine count, not the voter's intent, as IS recorded by paper
>> balots.
>> >{sigh}
>>
>> what if the system printed a "reciept" of what the person entered in,
>> and
>> the voter was responsible for verifying the printout before depositing
>> it
>> in a slot? Wouldnt this verify their intent?
>>
>Better no ! Brazilian Gov was thinking about it using a small printer
>but It could be used for corruption purposes ! In some L.American
>contries the votes are bought ! It would be a "formal way" to show
>if he/she voted in a specific candidate to receive the money !
>
>[]īs
In this scheme the voter doesn't get to take the receipt home; he checks that
it represents his intent and then deposits it in a "ballot box", which might
be an electronic-count machine.
-- Alan
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