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VeriSign and Secure Internet Voting

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the oh-this-will-work-out-great dept.

Bucky Katt writes "VeriSign announced Monday that it will provide key components of a system designed to let Americans abroad cast absentee votes over the Internet."

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  1. And when someone mistpyes by BoomerSooner · · Score: -1, Redundant

    they will capture your vote on vtoe.com and then register the one they want on the real site.

    I trust verisign less than the president. Oh wait zero cannot be less than zero.

  2. Verisign? by deepsky · · Score: -1, Redundant

    And in case your preference is not exactly stated, they will choose a default vote for you?!

  3. Will they correct the "wrong" votes? by borjam · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Perhaps they can launch a "Votefinder" service :-)

  4. Vote Wildcarding by Bob9113 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    They have also announced that the system will feature presidential vote wildcarding. If you click anywhere on the screen except exactly in the center of a candidate box, your vote will be automatically given to Verisign CEO Stratton Sclavos.

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  5. One nice feature... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    And if you try to vote for a candidate that doesn't exist, VeriSign will vote for you.