Hello, I already suggested on Election-Method mailing-list that advanced voting system might require computer usage... and that computer assisted voting might not be "democratic" and secure.
Now someone in Ireland show a good example of why those method might be even worst if vote are published... (anonymously). Feel free to comment... I have put the original author in Cc: and you find the list address on the forwarded message. I am not sure about the 500 million way of voting... But I worked a lot with permutation in a steganography project... and with sufficient number of candidate and choice to make, it is possible that all voter have a uniquely identifiable vote. ;-) And since for fairness, the database of vote must be publish for independant review... I see no option. David GLAUDE PS: I have nothing against STV... only against e-voting. --- Weitergeleitete Nachricht / Forwarded Message --- Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 20:17:22 +0000 From: Ciaran Quinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Irish Citizens for Trustworthy Evoting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [E-voting] STV and e-voting incompatible I have just downloaded the election results for Dublin North and I have just realised that there is a very simple way of selling one's vote using e-voting. There were 12 candidates in Dublin North. I estimate that there must be almost 500 million possible vote combinations. If I wanted to buy votes >from a group of voters, I would give them instructions of the sequence in which they were to vote (eg I would give each voters a list of numbers such as 3 5 10 2 1 6 9 4 8 11 7 12 showing them how to mark their ballot paper. Each voter would get a slightly different combination. When the election is over, all I would have to do is to check which combinations occurred and pay the relevant voters). This possibility means that the suggestion that voters would use their VVAT paper ballot papers as receipts so that they would be paid is absurd. They can already sell their votes using e-voting. If selling votes is a concern, then e-voting and STV are incompatible. Ciaran Quinn _______________________________________________ E-voting mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.stdlib.net/mailman/listinfo/e-voting -- +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More +++ Neu: Preissenkung für MMS und FreeMMS! http://www.gmx.net ---- Election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info