Comments on: Voting http://www.tarkblog.org/general/357 The personal writings of Caleb and Annie Tennis Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:19:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: flori http://www.tarkblog.org/general/357#comment-1008 flori Sat, 27 May 2006 21:11:22 +0000 http://www.tarkblog.org/general/357#comment-1008 http://troubletown.com/cartoons/index.html http://troubletown.com/cartoons/index.html

]]> By: Tarmo http://www.tarkblog.org/general/357#comment-1006 Tarmo Sat, 27 May 2006 03:26:46 +0000 http://www.tarkblog.org/general/357#comment-1006 http://www.vvk.ee/elektr/docs/Yldkirjeldus-eng.pdf , this paper contains an overview about how electronic voting works in my country, Estonia. We have a national ID (smart-)card so that did solve some possible problems related to identifying voters. It's quite nice to be able to electronically vote from home, which I've now done once. The voting program was standalone (no webbrowser needed) and it was available for windows, linux and mac OS X http://www.vvk.ee/elektr/docs/Yldkirjeldus-eng.pdf , this paper contains an overview about how electronic voting works in my country, Estonia. We have a national ID (smart-)card so that did solve some possible problems related to identifying voters. It’s quite nice to be able to electronically vote from home, which I’ve now done once. The voting program was standalone (no webbrowser needed) and it was available for windows, linux and mac OS X

]]> By: robbat2 http://www.tarkblog.org/general/357#comment-1005 robbat2 Sat, 27 May 2006 00:09:39 +0000 http://www.tarkblog.org/general/357#comment-1005 On "The vote must be anonymous", this isn't entirely accurate. You only want single-blind anonymity, which is "only you should know who you voted for". Taking your above printout method, you can add a specific method so that people know their votes have not been tampered with after they cast them (mainly for digital votes). 1. The 'lottery' printout should have a randomly assigned, unique code. 2. Print two copies, one that must be deposited, and the other that must be kept. 3. During counting+auditing, every ballot is placed online, and is searchable only by the unique code. 4. If a voter wishes to verify his vote after the fact, he goes to a site (online or a physical place), and enters his unique code - this should show him his vote, which should correspond with the printout that he has. You can harness #4 by getting people into the lottery mentality, that they go to check their votes. On “The vote must be anonymous”, this isn’t entirely accurate.
You only want single-blind anonymity, which is “only you should know who you voted for”.

Taking your above printout method, you can add a specific method so that people know their votes have not been tampered with after they cast them (mainly for digital votes).

1. The ‘lottery’ printout should have a randomly assigned, unique code.
2. Print two copies, one that must be deposited, and the other that must be kept.
3. During counting+auditing, every ballot is placed online, and is searchable only by the unique code.
4. If a voter wishes to verify his vote after the fact, he goes to a site (online or a physical place), and enters his unique code - this should show him his vote, which should correspond with the printout that he has.

You can harness #4 by getting people into the lottery mentality, that they go to check their votes.

]]> By: m1 http://www.tarkblog.org/general/357#comment-1002 m1 Fri, 26 May 2006 17:23:38 +0000 http://www.tarkblog.org/general/357#comment-1002 When I voted in the primary a few weeks ago, they had a similar system. Except instead of a printer in every booth, you filled in little bubbles on a scoresheet to indicate your vote (just like taking a standardized test). When you were done, you fed the paper into the "box" except that it when you did so, it scanned your votes and spat out your answer sheet if anything was ambiguous or overmarked (multiple votes on same issue). And if the volts all screwed up, they could always rescore those paper ballots to verify your votes. m1 ricky. Next step: voting from home. When I voted in the primary a few weeks ago, they had a similar system. Except instead of a printer in every booth, you filled in little bubbles on a scoresheet to indicate your vote (just like taking a standardized test).

When you were done, you fed the paper into the “box” except that it when you did so, it scanned your votes and spat out your answer sheet if anything was ambiguous or overmarked (multiple votes on same issue). And if the volts all screwed up, they could always rescore those paper ballots to verify your votes.

m1 ricky. Next step: voting from home.

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