[EM] absentee ballots and GVI colors

[Russ Paielli]

Araucaria Araucana araucaria.araucana-at-gmail.com |EMlist| wrote:
> On 22 Apr 2005 at 18:42 UTC-0700, Russ Paielli wrote:


>>I don't think optical cells are the answer either. What you want is
>>a nice, simple touch-screen (or mouse based) system. And yes, of
>>course you need to generate paper ballots too.
> 
> Absentee ballots?

As far as I am concerned, absentee ballots are way overused. They are a 
vote-seller's and vote-buyer's dream. They also greatly compromise the 
guarantee of a secret ballot. Just imagine how many abusive husbands 
tell their wives how to vote with absentee ballots. And I haven't even 
mentioned the fact that they depend of the postal service for delivery 
(and therefore could be "lost" by a devious postal worker). Does anyone 
else think about these things?

> 
>>>>I envision something like the Graphical Voter Interface (GVI
>>>>http://ElectionMethods.org/GVI.htm) that I developed a while back

>>>Woowee.  Screen takeover.  Watch those colors and fonts!
>>
>>I don't understand what you mean by "Screen takeover."
> 
> 
> Well, on my computer it is a full screen application with loud colors
> ;-).

The colors can be changed by simply editing the name of each color used. 
They are all specified in one place. No need to even recompile since GVI 
is written in Tcl/Tk.

By the way, if I had it do over again, I'd probably write GVI in Python. 
In fact, I might rewrite it in Python someday if I ever have the time.

Then again, if I really want it to be rock-solid for public elections, I 
should probably use Ada.

--Russ