[LINK] Electronic Voting

[Saliya Wimalaratne]

My e-voting proposal (feel free to modify/point out problems/say you idiot):

* Voter is given randomly-generated token on 'checkin' allowing 1 vote
	- token is at this stage not anonymous - tied to voter ID

* Voter votes (touchscreen, IVR+headphones+keypad, whack-a-mole)

* Voter confirms vote and it is queued for submission. Physical
	confirmation generated.
	- e-vote is at this stage not anonymous - tied to token.

* If voter changes mind after confirmation, redeem token
	Queued vote binned, confirmation binned, return to step 1

* Voter submits physical confirmation to one box, scans/bins token 
	- e-vote corresponding to token is anonymised and submitted
	- token <-> voter ID information deleted
	- physical confirmations can be used for checking tallies

I can't see why visually-impaired people can't be provided with a 
system that works for them under this regime (heck, even a numeric-keypad
menued system with headphones would work). The best person to ask to
design such a system is probably someone who is visually impaired.

A key requirement IMHO is a physical confirmation that:
* the voter can understand
* can later be counted if needed

If the voter votes visually, a printed copy should be fine for confirmation.
If they vote via audio, a recording of the entire conversation could be
made (and/or just the final selection) and burned onto mini CD, with the 
vote printed on it for ease of tallying. 
If they vote via whack-a-mole, the head of the candidate they voted for
could be miniaturised and given to them.

With respect to vote tampering, yes, new skillsets are needed for prevention
of tampering with e-voting. So what? Scrutineers need to be able to _read_
to count current votes... and people aren't born with the ability to read.
My goodness me.

Regards,

Saliya