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California Sec. of State Wants Open Source E-Voting Systems

Posted by Soulskill on from the nowhere-to-go-but-up dept.

Lucas123 writes "California's Secretary of State, Debra Bowen, was among a group of e-voting experts at MIT yesterday who said the nation's electronic voting systems are still not secure and many run on faulty software. Among the suggestions offered to fix the problem: use open source software, stop delivering e-voting machines to polling places weeks in advance of an election, and keep a paper trail for auditing purposes. Bowen also believes that a ubiquitous Internet voting system could not work without the use of a national ID card system."

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  1. Nice step forward by daemonburrito · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Next step would be firing the so-called "technology experts" in the popular media, who apparently lack the the tech saavy to google for what "open-source" means.

    Coverage of the G1 launch was a beautiful example of their ignorance. Many times I heard the fakers pontificate about the "security concerns" in using open-source software, while not even knowing meaning of the term.

  2. A solution looking for a problem by schnikies79 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Just stick to paper. It works.

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    Gone!
  3. Re:Electronic trail as well as paper trail by Nursie · · Score: 4, Insightful

    No.

    The moment you give the voter the ability to check their vote afterwards you give their abusive husband a way to check they voted correctly. Or the employer that wants you to vote for his buddy. Or the local mob...

    Bad plan.