[LINK] Risks Digest on Electronic Voting

[Chirgwin, Richard]

http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/22.24.html#subj1

Too long to paste here, but worth a read; 

[snip to conclusions]
>Sadly, many US communities seem to feel that it is necessary to rush 
>ahead with voting equipment procurements, while reliable systems, 
>appropriate testing, usability, security, and auditability procedures, 
>and other safeguards, are years away. 
and
>There should be an immediate moratorium throughout the United States 
>(and world) on the procurement of electronic voting systems that do 
>not provide voter-verifiable paper ballots. 

The author, Dr Rebecca Mercuri, seems to be not a crank but a serious Comp.
Sci. researcher. A compendium of her e-voting work is at:
http://www.notablesoftware.com/evote.html
Her basic manifesto - also long - is here:
http://www.notablesoftware.com/RMstatement.html

Richard Chirgwin
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