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Electronic Voting: The Other Side of the Story

Posted by michael on from the vote-early-vote-often dept.

_randy_64 writes "We've all read about the perils of online voting. But in an article in MIT's Tech Review, noted technologist Simson Garfinkel looks at the other side of the story and comes away thinking that e-voting might not be so bad, if done properly. He mentions several ways that traditional ballot voting is just as 'hackable' as the electronic version."

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  1. It's all secure by Psychotic_Wrath · · Score: 3, Funny

    It has to be secure if it is online... Nobody has EVER had their credit card number stolen online... =D

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  2. Read the fine print by Stingr · · Score: 2, Funny

    e-voting might not be so bad, if done properly.

    A government project that is implemented well. Isn't that an oxymoron???

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  3. oh boy... by Joe+the+Lesser · · Score: 2, Funny

    Why do I have the feeling that a mysterious man known as 'Cowboy Neal' would win every election.

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  4. Re:Paper ballot problems by jfern · · Score: 2, Funny

    Exit polls are usefull as a judge of how rigged an election was. If there are no exit polls in 2004, I'm not going to trust any of the results.