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Elections on the Internet -- Not Any Time Soon

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the sad-but-true dept.

jACL writes "From the Technology Review article: "After several years debating minimum requirements for voting equipment, the computer science and public policy communities appear to agree that the Internet--as it exists today--can't sufficiently safeguard the privacy, security and reliability of the voting process. Pitfalls range from the obvious, such as malicious hackers, to the obscure. For example: Every state requires that votes be cast in secret, but how can officials verify that a party hack isn't standing beside a remote voter?"" Unfortunately, this is probably all to true.

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  1. Another pitfall ... by pyramid+termite · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf is elected President.

  2. Shame by CaptainAlbert · · Score: 5, Funny

    What a great pity... I'm sure I'm not the only one who was looking forward to voting for CowboyNeal. :)

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  3. Slashdot Polling Engine by arget · · Score: 3, Funny

    You mean we can't use the Slashdot polling engine? I thought that was accurate to within .001%...

  4. Re:It doesn't matter ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny
    Ah, it doesn't matter, anyway.

    Woohoo! Apathy wins again!

    See poll comments for the joke.
  5. Re:Cmd Taco needs a basic grammer course... by blur00 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Cmd Taco needs a basic grammer course...

    Grammar?

  6. Re:No internet elections is A Good Thing by mikeee · · Score: 3, Funny

    Besides, if we went to internet voting out next President would probably be...

    Cowboy Neal!

  7. Re:No internet elections is A Good Thing by Alan+Partridge · · Score: 3, Funny

    nearly - Cowboy Neal would be in the lead right up until the Microsoft ballot-stuffers warmed up. Next stop, President William H Gates III! YOU KNOW I'M RIGHT.

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  8. Why so sad??? by theoddone33 · · Score: 2, Funny

    There are people who only leave their computers once every year or two to vote in elections. The exercise they get from voting is probably the only thing sustaining their little Internet lives. Why do you want to take that away from these people?!

    Seriously folks, the Internet isn't for everything, and we're all fortunate that it's not.