Re: [LINK] Electronic voting in ACT

2020-10-16 Thread Kim Holburn
On 2020/10/17 11:15 am, Tom Worthington wrote: On 16/10/20 12:24 pm, Kim Holburn wrote: ... can't find much information on the machines or how it's done ... but I don't know what sort of computer is underneath now. Well, that was what I wanted to know. There are also research papers on

Re: [LINK] Electronic voting in ACT

2020-10-16 Thread Tom Worthington
On 16/10/20 12:24 pm, Kim Holburn wrote: ... can't find much information on the machines or how it's done ... The EVACS system was originally developed through the Canberra company Software Improvements by people connected to computer science at ANU. It originally used Debian linux: http://

Re: [LINK] Electronic voting in ACT

2020-10-15 Thread Stephen Rothwell
Hi Karl, On Fri, 16 Oct 2020 16:16:17 +1100 Karl Auer wrote: > > On Fri, 2020-10-16 at 14:00 +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > > http://www.softimp.com.au/evacs/index.html > > I am reasonably sure that the original EVACS was written at least > partly by Andrew Tridgell. Which means that it is (

Re: [LINK] Electronic voting in ACT

2020-10-15 Thread Karl Auer
On Fri, 2020-10-16 at 15:03 +1100, Roger Clarke wrote: > EVACS is a home-grown product. > [...] > https://www.digitalelections.com.au/evacs/ I don't care if it was raised on mother's milk, was fed nothing but apple-pie, mows its neighbours' lawns every Saturday and spends every Sunday tending lovi

Re: [LINK] Electronic voting in ACT

2020-10-15 Thread Karl Auer
On Fri, 2020-10-16 at 14:00 +1100, Stephen Rothwell wrote: > http://www.softimp.com.au/evacs/index.html I am reasonably sure that the original EVACS was written at least partly by Andrew Tridgell. Which means that it is (was?) probably unbreakable, unsinkable and uncrackable, regardless of operati

Re: [LINK] Electronic voting in ACT

2020-10-15 Thread Roger Clarke
EVACS is a home-grown product. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Boughton https://www.linkedin.com/in/clive-boughton-36069920 https://www.digitalelections.com.au/services/ https://www.digitalelections.com.au/evacs/ https://www.digitalelections.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/FINAL.Brochure.pd

Re: [LINK] Electronic voting in ACT

2020-10-15 Thread Stephen Rothwell
Hi Kim, On Fri, 16 Oct 2020 12:44:24 +1100 Kim Holburn wrote: > > Apparently it runs this software: > > http://www.softimp.com.au/index.html > > Seems to be an app that runs on various platforms. > > The system requirements are somewhat alarming: > > http://www.softimp.com.au/sodis/spa_requir

Re: [LINK] Electronic voting in ACT

2020-10-15 Thread David Lochrin
On 2020-10-16 12:44, Kim Holburn wrote: > The system requirements are somewhat alarming: > > http://www.softimp.com.au/sodis/spa_requirements.html It seems to rely on Java, but only requires Java-5. The relevant Wikipedia article states: QUOTE The latest versions are Java 15, released in Sept

Re: [LINK] Electronic voting in ACT

2020-10-15 Thread Kim Holburn
Apparently it runs this software: http://www.softimp.com.au/index.html Seems to be an app that runs on various platforms. The system requirements are somewhat alarming: http://www.softimp.com.au/sodis/spa_requirements.html * Windows o Windows XP (32-bit) o Windows Vista (32-bit

[LINK] Electronic voting in ACT

2020-10-15 Thread Kim Holburn
I just voted in the ACT elections and they had electronic voting machines.  I declined, because I don't consider e-voting safe but I can't find much information on the machines or how it's done. There doesn't appear to be a paper trail. Anyone know what OS they're running? -- Kim Holburn IT Net

Re: [LINK] Electronic voting again

2018-04-29 Thread Tom Worthington
On 29/04/18 09:46, David Boxall wrote: NSW government has awarded electronic voting software contract for 2019 election. ... There were some concerns expressed about the vulnerability of Scytl's system to a man-in-the-middle attack in 2015: https://www.computerworld.com.au/article/604722/nsw

[LINK] Electronic voting again

2018-04-28 Thread David Boxall
https://discuss.pirateparty.org.au/t/electronic-voting-for-nsw-2019/2017 NSW government has awarded electronic voting software contract for 2019 election. Discussion and further links at the link. -- David Boxall    |  The world is run by                     |  those

Re: [LINK] Electronic Voting

2016-07-11 Thread Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Computer experts remain sceptical about e-voting http://thenewdaily.com.au/news/2016/07/11/computer-voting-warnings/ -- Regards brd Bernard Robertson-Dunn Sydney Australia email: b...@iimetro.com.au web: www.drbrd.com web: www.problemsfirst.com Blog: www.problemsfirst.com/blog ___

Re: [LINK] Electronic Voting

2016-07-10 Thread Linda Rouse
Linkers Further to elections and electronic voting, I'm surprised that noone has mentioned the Online Direct Democrary group that fielded candidates. http://www.onlinedirectdemocracy.org/ and http://www.onlinedirectdemocracy.org/how-the-party-works/ Seems they did for 2007 and 2013 elections,

Re: [LINK] Electronic Voting

2016-07-10 Thread JanW
At 01:03 PM 11/07/2016, Marghanita da Cruz you wrote: >Something unusual about this election was that it was in the dead of winter. >But it was a beautiful day in Sydney. Yes, winter was an issue, as well as school holidays. I voted early to avoid lines in the wet Melbourne weather. Missed the

Re: [LINK] Electronic Voting

2016-07-10 Thread Marghanita da Cruz
On 11/07/16 12:33, Chris Johnson wrote: Electronic voting would be nice as an efficiency but is not a game changer. I'm more concerned that the system should be an accurate indicator of the voters' opinions: which is subverted by reporting early counts before the polls close. Election reporting

Re: [LINK] Electronic Voting

2016-07-10 Thread Chris Johnson
On Sun, 10 Jul 2016 21:27:45 +1000, Stephen Loosley wrote: > The country has come to a political standstill Hooray! it's not a problem. Political systems are slow responsive, loosely coupled to the service operations of government. It really does not matter for months if there is a caretaker gov

Re: [LINK] Electronic Voting

2016-07-10 Thread Bernard Robertson-Dunn
On 10/07/2016 9:27 PM, Stephen Loosley wrote: > “Bill Shorten Backs Electronic Voting For Federal Elections” > > http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/07/10/bill-shorten-backs-electronic-voting-for-federal-elections > > > Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says Australia should look at electronic > vo

[LINK] Electronic Voting

2016-07-10 Thread Stephen Loosley
“Bill Shorten Backs Electronic Voting For Federal Elections” http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/07/10/bill-shorten-backs-electronic-voting-for-federal-elections Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says Australia should look at electronic voting for future federal elections. Conceding defeat to t

[LINK] Electronic voting

2013-05-14 Thread stephen
Yesterday the Philippines ran their tri-annual mid-term elections. By all accounts they've been very successful. Elections are a massive affair for this country with 100+ million people, 7140 islands, and, 78,000 election precincts, many without made roads and basically only accessible by water.