[EM] March 29 Newsweek article on verifiable voting
Dave Ketchum
davek at clarityconnect.com
Sun Apr 4 22:40:03 PDT 2004
On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 12:11:44 -0700 Ernest Prabhakar wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> On Apr 3, 2004, at 11:45 PM, Jan Kok wrote:
>
>> David Chaum's Votegrity scheme, which uses cryptographic methods
>> tomaintain
>> ballot secrecy while also allowing voters to verify that their votes are
>> counted correctly (see www.votegrity.com);
>>
>> "A similar system [to Votegrity] sold by sftware vendor VoteHere" allows
>> voters to verify that their votes were correctly recorded using a tracking
>> code.
>
>
> Has anyone seen/analyzed VoteHere's standards and implementation?
>
> http://www.votehere.net/about.htm
>
>> Rigorous Standards for E-Voting
>>
>> In addition to creating secure election technology, VoteHere has also
>> developed E-voting System Standards to be used as a building block for
>> the Federal Election Commission and other standard setting bodies such
>> as the UK Electoral Commission, OASIS, and the UK National Forum for
>> Internet and Democracy.
>>
>> These standards will ensure that any new voting system meets the
>> critical factors of fairness, accuracy, privacy, and verifiability -
>> all critical to the integrity of the election.
>
>
> My brother's a financial wiz, and is looking at investing in some
> e-voting software, so I'm trying to figure out if any of them are really
> technically rigorous. :-) VoteHere doesn't seem to do Open Source, but
> otherwise they -seem- to be making all the right sounds.
>
Is VoteHere a whole system, or just a service to include in a system?
Anyway, I STRONGLY recommend Sequoia as a standard for comparison, though
not necessarily for investing:
I have been voting on Sequoia machines for 30 years.
Must have been 60 years ago I first saw one of those, new.
Look around at the publicity about sicknesses - Sequoia machines do
get used in Florida, etc., but are NOT THE CHAMPION at inspiring the stories.
Between Votegrity and VoteHere, at least one gets mentioned on
http://www.sequoiavote.com/
Major owner of Sequoia was Irish; British outfit is now major owner
- I get the impression they were buying quality to go with quality of
their existing products.
Bias conceded, but I see reason to be proud - Sequoia machines made
in Owego get displayed at local business shows.
> -- Ernie P.
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