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EFF Announces 2004 Pioneer Award Winners

Posted by simoniker on from the paper-voting-methods-used? dept.

Christopher Soghoian writes "In an announcement earlier this week, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has revealed the winners of the Thirteenth Annual Pioneer Awards. Focusing on the area of electronic voting security and accountability, they have highlighted the work of Kim Alexander, the president of the California Voter Foundation, David Dill, a Stanford Professor and founder of VerifiedVoting.org, and Avi Rubin, a professor at Johns Hopkins University who co-authored the highly publicized Diebold report of 2003."

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  1. Historians note by RedOregon · · Score: 4, Insightful

    More power to 'em. Individuals like these will be the people our grandchildren study (I hope!).

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  2. recognition where it's due by quelrods · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It's good to see those who work heard to protect our freedoms receiving proper recognition. With the various problems closed source electronic voting has had we can cheer on those who are fighting for us.

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  3. thanks, EFF by the+arbiter · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Just grateful that someone, anyone, is trying to defend the rights of the individual nowadays. Doesn't seem to be in vouge anymore.

    Thank you, EFF!

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  4. Pioneers? Not really. by bartwol · · Score: 5, Insightful
    It strikes me as odd that these people would be awarded and celebrated as "pioneers." Rather than act as creaters, they serve as opposers to those who create. Now, I'm not trying to suggest that their criticism is invalid, nor that they play a less than a valuable role. But let us not celebrate these people as models of human potential; it is far easier to play the tear-it-down role than it is to play the build-it-up role. A world lead by the critics, however valid their reasoning, could only find purpose at the expense of true pioneers.

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