[EM] the 'who' and the 'what' - trying again

[Michael Allan]

Dave Ketchum wrote:
> When there is a cycle (3 or more in a near tie) there could be demos
> of whatever resolution procedures please someone.

I was never concerned with a final decision.  I doubt these are in
your ballpark:

  a) Time.  Votes are shiftable.  If electorate wants to be decisive,
     they'll pull themselves into a consensus.

  b) Principal election as the Condorcet completion (but I think Raph
     or Kristofer has already suggested this)

> And, of course, the counting arrays must be correct and visible.

They are visible in current alpha release of Votorola, but it's not
easy to verify their correctness.  The plan is to support verification
in the beta, by disclosing raw electoral data and providing tools for
recounting.

> >> Do need defense against one voter submitting multiple ballots - needs
> >> thought.

Raph Frank wrote:
>  > You could try pre-registration.  If you had enough money, you could
>  > send out invites to random people on the voting register...

> So think, and do what is practical.

My thinking is that registrants can cross-authenticate using a trust
network.  The downside is disclosure of residential addresses in
public.  It'll be a slow grow, and biased at first.  (Not sure it's
practical.  Doing preliminary tests in Toronto, over the next few
months.)

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Michael Allan

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