Re: [OT electronic voting"] - was Re: [Fsfe-uk] Membership

[Ramanan Selvaratnam]

Richard Smedley wrote:

> > If we can hone the security with the best trust metics available , who 
> > knows we will be runnig the next general elections too ;-)
> > (Seriously electronic voting is coming and it is a seperate plus point 
> > for free software in government)
> >    
>
> ``A secure Internet voting system is theoretically
> possible, but it would be the first secure networked
> application ever created in the history of computers''
> - Bruce Schneier
>
> [...]
>
> [yes, Free Software would obviously be better than
> anything else here, but the practical problems are
> almost insurmountable]
>  
Some interesting and relevant party political developments on this, 
across the atlantic can be found here

<http://gp.org/press/pr_05_21_03.html>

Plenty of talk and useful links on vote counting and manipulation.

Whether we like it or not it is a matter of time before this becomes a  
talking point among the political circles here.
IMHO it will be a good idea to have some docs up on the related 
technical issues ...especially as there was a mention of electronic 
voting at the AFFSAC.

Regards,

Ramanan