Re: voting

2004-04-08 Thread Perry E. Metzger
"Trei, Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think Perry has hit it on the head, with the one exception that > the voter should never have the receipt in his hand - that opens > the way for serial voting fraud. > > The receipt should be exposed to the voter behind glass, and > when he/she presses

Re: Firm invites experts to punch holes in ballot software

2004-04-08 Thread Roland C. Dowdeswell
On 1081373018 seconds since the Beginning of the UNIX epoch "Paul Zuefeldt" wrote: > >Maybe the receipt should only allow the voter to check that his vote has >been counted. To get the detail you could require him to appear in person >with his receipt AND a photo ID or some such, then only allow hi

Lottery Numbers

2004-04-08 Thread R. A. Hettinga
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RE: voting

2004-04-08 Thread Trei, Peter
> Perry E. Metzger wrote: > > I'm a believer in the KISS principle. > > A ballot that is both machine and human readable and is constructed by > machine seems ideal. You enter your votes, a card drops down, you > verify it and drop it in a slot. Ideally, the cards would be marked > with something