Milspec elections. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Press Service" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 11:43 AM Subject: Online Registration and Voting Experiment to Be Launched
> By Sgt. 1st Class Doug Sample > American Forces Press Service > > WASHINGTON, June 16, 2003 A DoD voting experiment in the 2000 presidential > elections that allowed military and overseas voters to cast their ballots > through the Internet will be expanded in 2004. > > Beginning this fall, the Federal Voting Assistance Program hopes to get as many > as 100,000 military personnel stateside and overseas their eligible > dependents and U.S. citizens living outside the United States to take part in > the Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment, said Polli Brunelli, > the program director. SERVE covers only those U.S. citizens who fall under the > Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act. > > Mandated by Congress, the project eligible voters from participating project > states will be able to register and vote electronically via any Windows-based > personal computer with Internet access from anywhere in world, Brunelli said. > > In the 2000 experiment, 84 citizens located in 21 states and 11 countries voted > in jurisdictions in South Carolina, Texas, Florida, and Utah, proving the > theory that online voting could work for voters wherever they lived, Brunelli > said. > > "We conducted a small 'proof of concept' experiment for the 2000 presidential > election, and it was very successful. Now we are conducting another electronic > voting project. Congress wants it to be large enough to be statistically > relevant. This will allow us to make supportable recommendations to the > Congress on the future of Internet voting for UOCAVA citizens," she said. > > Brunelli noted that 10 states are interested in participating in the 2004 SERVE > project: Arkansas, Florida, Hawaii, Minnesota, North Carolina, South Carolina, > Utah, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington. > > "We're looking for volunteer voters to participate in the project," she > explained, "and we have a Web site where interested voters can see if their > voting jurisdiction is participating in the project. Beginning later this year, > the voter can sign up, then register and be able to vote in the 2004 > elections." > > According to Brunelli, local and state election officials will use the SERVE > system to receive voter registration applications, provide ballots to voters > and accept voted ballots. > > Brunelli said security during the registration and ballot process is a primary > concern. SERVE will utilize digital signatures for registration and ballot > encryption as part of the security features. > > "People are concerned about Internet security. We've looked at the threats that > could happen to this type of system, and we've developed mitigating measures to > guard against those threats," she said. > > Brunelli said that not every county in states participating in the experiment > will be part of SERVE. She said voters can find a list of participating > jurisdictions at the SERVE Web site. However, she added that those counties > that do participate will include the "full ballot" for that election -- local, > state and federal. > > The experiment's official Web site can be found at www.serveusa.gov [http://www.serveusa.gov]. For more information on > SERVE or the Federal Voting Assistance Program, go to www.fvap.gov [http://www.fvap.gov]. > > _______________________________________________________ > NOTE: This is a plain text version of a web page. If your e-mail program > did not properly format this information, you may view the story at > http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Jun2003/n06162003_200306162.html > Any photos, graphics or other imagery included in the article may also > be viewed at this web page. > > > > ==================================================== > > Visit the Defense Department's Web site for the latest news > and information about America's response to the Sept. 11, 2001, > terrorist attacks and the war against terrorism: "Defend America" > at http://www.DefendAmerica.mil. > > ==================================================== > Visit the "Department of Defense Homeland Security" Web site > at http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/homeland/ to learn more > about the Department of Defense role in homeland security. > > ==================================================== > > Unsubscribe from or Subscribe to this mailing list: > http://www.defenselink.mil/news/subscribe.html > ====================================================