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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. All the arguments against online elections by abe+ferlman · · Score: 2, Troll

    Are also arguments against absentee ballots. Perhaps we should get rid of those too- wonder who the president would be today.

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  2. This just in... by govtcheez · · Score: 0, Troll

    ... please welcome the new President of the United States of America: 1337 haX0r d00d!

  3. Hank the angry drunken dwarf for president!!!! by Unknown+Poltroon · · Score: 0, Troll

    WHuhu. ANd if you dont rememebr the reference, its not that important.

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  4. Re:It doesn't matter ... by PoiBoy · · Score: 0, Troll

    George W. Bush won the election fairly and squarely. Get over it already.

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  5. Re:It doesn't matter ... by Alan+Partridge · · Score: 0, Troll

    George Bush has never done ANYTHING fairly and squarely. He's a politician (and worse, a right wing politician) who's father was president, who's brother is a state governor and who's friends are billionaire crooks and enviro-rapists.

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