[LINK] Victoria the first to cast e-vote in a state election

[brd at iimetro.com.au]

Quoting brd at iimetro.com.au:
> Victoria the first to cast e-vote in a state election
> Pilot begins today
> Sandra Rossi 13/11/2006 14:17:52
> Computerworld
> http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1353237299;fp;16;fpid;1
>
> Electronic votes are set to be cast in the state of Victoria today, marking a
> first for Australia in any state election.
>
> In a bid to increase access to voting, the Victorian Electoral 
> Commission (VEC) has launched an e-voting pilot.
>
> People who are vision impaired will cast their votes from 6pm tonight for the
> forthcoming state election which is being held on November 25, 2006.

A blind person was interviewed on Radio National this morning and his 
experience
of being able to vote without getting a sighted person to do it for him was
obviously very valuable to him. The issue is in balancing the benefit to
disabled people of e-voting against the risks to the democratic process of
opaque technology.

I wouldn't like to see the disabled feature being used to justify the adoption
of a complete technology solution. Maybe a mixture of old fashioned paper
voting and electronic voting with a statistical comparison between the two
methods. If the voting statistics were significantly different then the
electronic method could be declared invalid.

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Regards
brd

Bernard Robertson-Dunn
Sydney Australia
brd at iimetro.com.au

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