It describes (if I've understood it right) an approach to having paper receipts which couldn't be used for vote selling. I got the original reference to this off/. several months ago, IIRC.
The idea is to print the receipt on two paper with two translucent layers - together you have a complete legible receipt, destroy one half (in the polling both) and the remainder can no longer reveal your vote to outsiders. Similar to the PK approach, I think.
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Surely this is a dangerous precedent? Who is going to decide what should be filtered?
... it's the same old discussion about censorship all over again!
Some people find pornography offensive. Others find (choose your flavour) politics offensive, others find (choose your flavour) religion offensive.
And so on
I found this paper by Chaum interesting.
/. several months ago, IIRC.
It describes (if I've understood it right) an approach to having paper receipts which couldn't be used for vote selling. I got the original reference to this off
The idea is to print the receipt on two paper with two translucent layers - together you have a complete legible receipt, destroy one half (in the polling both) and the remainder can no longer reveal your vote to outsiders. Similar to the PK approach, I think.
Warning, IANAC (...Crytographer).