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  1. Canadian electronic voting (was Re:Excellent!) by rakerman · · Score: 2, Informative · on HBO's Hacking Democracy Available Online
    Err, you really should be talking to your city councilors, they're the ones who handle municipal voting issues.

    I'd be happy to document any experiences with the Ontario November 13 municipal elections in my blog, Paper Vote Canada.

  2. Re:Cananda by rakerman · · Score: 2, Informative · on Diebold's Election Data Off-limits
    Voting machines are not used in Canadian federal and provincial elections... yet. They are widely used in Canadian municipal elections.

    Wikipedia - Electronic voting in Canada

    I have a blog with more info at blog.papervotecanada.ca

  3. but what code is actually running by rakerman · · Score: 1 · on Senators Clinton and Kerry Submit Open Voting Bill

    The intent behind this is fine, but here's the problem: can you prove that the code you inspected is running on every single voting machine, on voting day? Until you can solve that problem (which I would argue is basically impossible) then these legal improvements are at best small patches on a fundamentally flawed system.

    I write about electronic voting in my blog, Paper Vote Canada.

  4. Re:in canada by rakerman · · Score: 1 · on Buggy Voting Machines

    While optiscan ballots do have the advantage of being recountable, there are still at least two problems:

    1) The optiscanner can record an incorrect count through malfunction or maliciousness (there is not always a recount, unless things are close or suspicious).
    2) If the ballots are stacked one on top of another after they are scanned, I can reconstruct everyone's vote (that is, I can find out who you voted for) by matching the ballots with a time-ordered list of everyone who voted.

    I have a site on the issues in Canada: Paper Vote Canada.

  5. Re:I don't understand the problem by rakerman · · Score: 1 · on More on the Dangers of eVoting

    To the people making the decisions, it's not enough that it works. E-voting is being introduced in France and England because those in charge are operating from faulty assumptions, including:

    - evoting will be cheaper
    - evoting will give more accurate counts
    - evoting will increase voter participation

    My blog on the topic: Paper Vote Canada.

  6. Re:Unnecessary by rakerman · · Score: 1 · on E-Voting Problems Are Mostly User Error, Says ITAA
    I agree wholeheartedly with your clear analysis. However, the fact that paper ballot systems have many advantages doesn't stop officials from trying to replace them.

    See e.g. London to get e-voting?

    and my site about the situation in Canada: Paper Vote Canada

  7. Re:PAPER BALLOTS! by rakerman · · Score: 3, Informative · on NIST Wants To Hear Your Ideas On Election Equipment

    Canada's election consultants are doing their best to replace paper ballots with electronic systems.

    The Chief Election Officer of Ontario has issued a report in favour of trying out electronic and Internet voting, and has already issued an RFQ for a technology pilot project.

    You can read more about it on my blog Paper Vote Canada

  8. Re:Why can't America get this right? by rakerman · · Score: 1 · on Orange County: More E-Ballots Cast Than Voters

    We need to be careful about Canadian smugness. There was Internet-based voting in Markham in the municipal election and as far as I can tell, no one gave much though to any issues of security or verifiability.

    Paper Vote Canada Blog

  9. physical insecurity of voting terminals by rakerman · · Score: 2, Informative · on Evoting in India, Maryland
    In Physical security of electronic voting terminals Tobin Fricke says "A cart of Diebold electronic voting machines was delivered today to the common room of this Berkeley, CA boarding house, which will be a polling place on Tuesday's primary election. The machines are on a cart which is wrapped in plastic wrap (the same as the stuff we use in the kitchen). A few cable locks (bicycle locks, it seems) provide the appearance of physical security, but they aren't threaded through each machine."

    See my site on the issue in Canada, including international reports: Paper Vote Canada.

  10. needless complexity by rakerman · · Score: 4, Insightful · on The State of Electronic Voting in Georgia
    My vote is for hand-counted, paper ballots. Even if electronic voting is extremely well done, there are concerns with it. And I have yet to see any indications that companies are doing anything other than a shoddy job.

    I have a blog about the issue in Canada: Paper Vote Canada.