[LINK] Estonia to hold online elections

[Richard Chirgwin]

Rick Welykochy wrote:
> Sandra Henderson wrote:
>
>> http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6161005.html
>> "The Baltic state of Estonia plans to become the world's first country
>> to allow voting in a national parliamentary election via the Internet
>> next month...Computer specialists have estimated 20,000 to 40,000 of
>> 940,000 registered voters will vote via the Internet from February 26 to
>> 28, ahead of the March 4 election day. ..The voting will take place by
>> people putting their state-issued ID card, which has an electronic chip
>> on it, into a reader attached to a computer and then entering two
>> passwords. "
>
> Goodbye to a secret ballot. There are no guarantees that absolutely 
> no-one
> in the system (election officials, gummint employees, even police and
> pollies) will look at who voted for whom.
Entirely agree, Rick.

All too often, an advocate speaks with the voice of a four-year-old: 
"You can't tell me what's good for me! I want e-voting!"

RC
>
> That aside, what about an audit and paper trail, two of the big problems
> associated with e-voting machines in polling booths?
>
> I also wonder how easy it would be to conterfeit a vote.
>
> cheers
> rickw
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