Re: Online Voting Proposal

2000-11-12 Thread DeWayne Townsend

Clark

> Please explain how you handle voter identification, secret ballots
> and recounts.

Lots of ideas, but I see no way to make the voting secure
without some invasion of privacy (fingerprints, retinal
scan, voice print)

I would like to see Touch Screens that respond to the vote.
For example the selection becomes bold and other are grayed
out.

Use smart cards instead of paper ballot, everything else the
same.  Insert the card and get to vote, ballot is printed
and deposited by voter same as now.  Need fancy voting
booth, but nothing as complicated as those old booths where
one had to flip all the switches.

The only difference is that the problems are caught while
the voter is still in the room and can fix the problem.
That works pretty well now, but could use some improvement.
One could even have help screens available for the ballot.

More important is what to do about the Judges that no one
knows anything about.  Lets just appoint them since the
election seems so random and incumbents nearly always win
anyway.

Cheers;

--
DeWayne Townsend
Cooper




Re: Online Voting Proposal

2000-11-11 Thread Clark Griffith

Please explain how you handle voter identification, secret ballots and
recounts.
Clark Griffith 7th Ward, Were Sabo wants a motion to make it unanimous.




Online Voting Proposal

2000-11-09 Thread Ross Kaplan

Paper ballots?  Filling in the ovals?  Frantic runs to
Kinko's?  C'mon.  Let's get with the times. 

Shareholders have been able to vote their proxies over
the Internet the last 3 election cycles.  In addition,
most states (including MN?) now recognize the legality
of online signatures.  Add these together . . . and,
Voila!, you get online voting in general elections.

How about "spinning the dial" to randomly pick a
handful of Minneapolis precincts in which to debut
this technology next Nov.?  The learning curve from
this experience will dictate how fast to roll out the
technology city-wide.

Ross Kaplan
Fulton Neighborhood


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