Open voting: The key to verifiable elections
04/20/05
We citizens often see billion-dollar government contracts turn on a single vote in a city council. Lives, careers, and large amounts of money are routinely at stake in local elections. At State and Federal levels, the stakes are even higher. The future of our country and democracy itself is continually at risk. With so much at stake, how likely is it that cheating will occur? Throughout American history, voting systems have evolved as measures were taken to thwart cheaters. This has been an uneven process, sometimes utilizing inappropriate technologies...
http://www.libertyforall.net/2005/may1/Verifiable.html
from Liberty For All, by Alan Dechert and David Mertz
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
We citizens often see billion-dollar government contracts turn on a single vote in a city council. Lives, careers, and large amounts of money are routinely at stake in local elections. At State and Federal levels, the stakes are even higher. The future of our country and democracy itself is continually at risk. With so much at stake, how likely is it that cheating will occur? Throughout American history, voting systems have evolved as measures were taken to thwart cheaters. This has been an uneven process, sometimes utilizing inappropriate technologies...
http://www.libertyforall.net/2005/may1/Verifiable.html
from Liberty For All, by Alan Dechert and David Mertz
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
Starmail - 20. Apr, 10:59
