Avi Rubin's Thoughts On e-Voting

nazarijo writes "Avi Rubin, a well regarded Johns Hopkins computer science professor and leading critic of e-voting, has written an account of his experience as an election judge on super tuesday. Maryland was experimenting with e-Voting machines. Rubin puts it this way, 'this was one of the most incredible days in my life.' He wrote his experiences immediately after the day was over, capturing his perspective on the subject. A very interesting read."

Comments

Re:Great article, but beware the majority.

[Anonymous Coward]

This is a great article. I don't like E-voting, but not because I fear of fraud or deceit -- I don't like the majority or the form of democracy our country has taken on in the last 100 years or so.

You know, there's a word for people like you.

Amish.

Re:US citizen prefered party registration

[Anonymous Coward]

The Democratic ballots are printed with big red arrows to point to the appropriate candidate, so they don't end up voting for Pat Buchanan.

Civil disobedience: Sledgehammers for Diebold

[revscat]

I have been wondering lately if phsyically damaging these machines is not justified in a system that is supposed to cherish democracy. Civil disobedience is justified in some cases, and I believe that this is just such a case.

Remember, Americans: Bring your voter registration card, and a sledgehammer for Diebold. They are stealing our freedom to vote, the very democracy over which so much blood has been spilled, and the corrupted political process is encouraging it via awarded contracts and almost silent acquiescence.

This crosses political affiliations and affects all Americans. It must be stopped it by all means necessary or you will lose the ability to collectively affect the policies of your country, no matter how small your individual voice might be. This is zealous, without a doubt, but not all zealotry is bad. "Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice."

Live free or die.

Re:Strangely different to Britain

[Blakey Rat]

These British people show up on every damned thread about voting about how 'strange' and 'odd' our process is.

This is a message board based in the US which talks about US issues. I'm sure you can find one in the UK that has all kinds of things the UK is terrible at (but the US does well) which I can then visit and make posts like:

"As an American, this is very odd to me. What's wrong with doing it this way?"

If nothing else, Moderators, these posts are "redundant!" You've read it a dozen times before in every thread about elections.