Re: [EM] untraceable receipts

2003-11-13 Thread Dave Ketchum
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 12:48:07 +0100 David GLAUDE wrote: Alex Small wrote: I believe that George Will once proposed eliminating the anonymous ballot. I don't know if US do respect international treaty... But they all say the vote should be anonymous for general election (they don't talk about lo

[EM] Vacancy and Ballot Recount:

2003-11-13 Thread Donald Davison
Recounting the original ballots when seeking a replacement: by Donald on 11/13/03 There are jurisdictions in the world that when filling a STV vacancy, will only use the ballots that elected the now vacant member. Because this policy has been used for many years does not mean that it is correct.

Re: [EM] Re: touch screen voting machines

2003-11-13 Thread Eron Lloyd
On Thursday November 13 2003 5:03 pm, Forest Simmons wrote: > On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Rob Speer wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 04:45:36AM -0800, Ken Johnson wrote: > > > I agree that it is not acceptable for the voter to be given a voting > > > receipt if they don't want one. The voting machine ca

Re: [EM] Re: touch screen voting machines

2003-11-13 Thread Forest Simmons
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Rob Speer wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 04:45:36AM -0800, Ken Johnson wrote: > > I agree that it is not acceptable for the voter to be given a voting > > receipt if they don't want one. The voting machine can ask "Do you want > > an auditable voting receipt?"; if not you j

[EM] election advice from a well known public figure

2003-11-13 Thread Forest Simmons
"Vote early and vote often. " - Al Capone (1899-1947) Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info

Re: [EM] Re: touch screen voting machines

2003-11-13 Thread Rob Speer
On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 04:45:36AM -0800, Ken Johnson wrote: > I agree that it is not acceptable for the voter to be given a voting > receipt if they don't want one. The voting machine can ask "Do you want > an auditable voting receipt?"; if not you just click "No". But I feel > strongly that I

Re: [EM] Re: touch screen voting machines

2003-11-13 Thread Ken Johnson
David GLAUDE wrote: It is not acceptable for the voter to run out of the voting location with a receipt. This mean I have something that proof my vote. I could be forced to show my receipt and if I did not vote as I was asked... face the consequence. The secrecy of the vote make it impossi

Re: [EM] untraceable receipts

2003-11-13 Thread David GLAUDE
Alex Small wrote: I believe that George Will once proposed eliminating the anonymous ballot. I don't know if US do respect international treaty... But they all say the vote should be anonymous for general election (they don't talk about local election). The rationale was that if people are votin