[LINK] Electronic voting source code released

Howard Lowndes lannet at lannet.com.au
Tue Apr 13 14:53:45 EST 2004


On Mon, 2004-04-12 at 13:46, Chirgwin, Richard wrote:

> Even a few years after the fact, international IT press is still regularly
> rediscovering the ACT work. I read last week a most egregious piece which
> carefully explained, to children as it were, that Australia began
> experimenting with online voting because our electoral system is in crisis. 
> 
> The 1998 election was even likened by some US academic (who needs to be lent
> four kilos of clue) to the Florida presidential election - strange stuff
> indeed, and reported po-faced...
> 
Over 90% of Australians wouldn't have clue how the Australian electoral
system works, so it's hardly fair to expect an American to understand
it.

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