[LINK] Fwd: vip-l: Electronic votiing

[Kim Holburn]

On 2006/Nov/15, at 10:48 AM, Craig Sanders wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 12:15:44AM -0800, David Goldstein wrote:
>> It's about the right to privacy. As has been said, a person who is
>> blind cannot vote independently. And people on this list may be happy
>> to delegate to someone else to complete a ballot paper, but there are
>> many people with a vision impairment who are not.
>
> it's NOT just about the right to privacy. it's also about the right of
> all australians to a fair, secure, and difficult to tamper with voting
> process.

auditable and private for all.

The system must include a full audit trail.

As far as privacy goes, it's no good if blind people get a system  
that appears private but in fact means everyone using it is subject  
to electronic eavesdropping.

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