Comments on: Demand a paper trail for your vote! http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/01/08/demand-a-paper-trail-for-your-vote/ Alex Miller's technical blog Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:07:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Jonathan http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/01/08/demand-a-paper-trail-for-your-vote/#comment-20628 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:32:19 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/01/08/demand-a-paper-trail-for-your-vote/#comment-20628 The person who can invent a safe, secure, easy way to vote online will make more money than they can spend in a lifetime. The person who can invent a safe, secure, easy way to vote online will make more money than they can spend in a lifetime.

]]> by: Eric Burke http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/01/08/demand-a-paper-trail-for-your-vote/#comment-20536 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:41:25 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/01/08/demand-a-paper-trail-for-your-vote/#comment-20536 The last time I voted, they had two options. One was a Diebold electronic machine. The other was a large sheet of cardstock with huge boxes to fill in with a pen. You filled it out, dropped it into a box, and it scanned the votes. Easy, simple, and leaves a trail. The best part? When lines started getting long, they figured out they could let people fan out into the room and everybody grabbed a sheet of paper and voted at once, in parallel. With high-tech machines, lines are awful. With a simple paper ballot, everyone can vote in parallel (up to the capacity of the room), and it goes a LOT faster, it is easier, and verifiable. And cheap. Should I go on? The last time I voted, they had two options. One was a Diebold electronic machine. The other was a large sheet of cardstock with huge boxes to fill in with a pen. You filled it out, dropped it into a box, and it scanned the votes. Easy, simple, and leaves a trail.

The best part? When lines started getting long, they figured out they could let people fan out into the room and everybody grabbed a sheet of paper and voted at once, in parallel. With high-tech machines, lines are awful. With a simple paper ballot, everyone can vote in parallel (up to the capacity of the room), and it goes a LOT faster, it is easier, and verifiable. And cheap. Should I go on?

]]> by: pat http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/01/08/demand-a-paper-trail-for-your-vote/#comment-20494 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 20:30:13 +0000 http://tech.puredanger.com/2008/01/08/demand-a-paper-trail-for-your-vote/#comment-20494 if you're into verifiable and transparent voting systems, check out this google tech talk on such a system _without_ a paper trail... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEI9Wn_hPWE if you’re into verifiable and transparent voting systems, check out this google tech talk on such a system _without_ a paper trail…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEI9Wn_hPWE

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