FW: [LINK] Fwd: vip-l: Electronic votiing

[Craig Sanders]

On Thu, Nov 16, 2006 at 04:16:40PM +1100, Daniel Rose wrote:
> [...] My basis is from tuning an older radio;
> 
> Headphones and a large "stepped" knob (ie with gradations in turning).
> Turn the knob right to move forward, a candidate is read out by the
> machine.  Left, the previous candidate is read out.  A button is next to
> the knob, when you press it you get a confirmation prompt asking if this
> is who you want, press it again to confirm, or move the knob to choose
> someone else.

might work in america, but we have preferential voting here not just a
simple yes or no. would need to be a LOT more complicated, and allow a
final review of the entire vote before printing it. all of which would
take a very long time on, e.g., senate ballots.

> However, there is still no way for the voter to know that the ballot
> has on it a vote as they intended, since they can't see what's
> printed!

of course.

> I think that blind people should be able to vote, but I question the
> underlying assumption that it is an absolute good to be obtained at
> any cost.

exactly.

like it or not, the current assisted-voting practice is the least harmful
method.

craig

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craig sanders <cas at taz.net.au>           (part time cyborg)