[LINK] Electronic Voting Trial for Deployed Defence Personnel

[Roger Clarke]

Let's hope it's a *huge* amount better than the abandoned U.S. 
equivalent several years ago, called SERVE:
http://www.xamax.com.au/EC/Democracy.html#eVIV
http://www.servesecurityreport.org/


At 11:55 +1000 19/9/07, Sylvano wrote:
>FYI - An AEC media release
>
>  Sylvano
>
>  Gnomon Publishing
>  http://www.gnomon.com.au/
>
>Electronic Voting Trial for Deployed Defence Personnel
>  http://www.aec.gov.au/About_AEC/Media_releases/09_18.htm
>
>Australian Defence Force and Defence civilian personnel deployed on 
>operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Timor Leste and the Solomon Islands 
>will have the opportunity to take part in a secure electronic voting 
>trial being undertaken by Defence and the Australian Electoral 
>Commission.
>
>The trial will provide Defence personnel in those areas of operation 
>with the capability to vote in the upcoming Federal election 
>wherever they have access to secure Defence computing and 
>communication facilities.
>
>Remote electronic voting has the potential to provide a more 
>effective voting service than traditional means by reducing the 
>logistical overhead of managing paper-based ballots in remote 
>overseas operational locations.
>
>Defence’s secure satellite and ground-based communication and 
>information technology infrastructure will be used to transmit 
>encrypted electronic voting data straight back to the Australian 
>Electoral Commission.
>
>The secure Defence systems meet the highest national security and 
>privacy standards and Defence personnel casting their votes can be 
>confident that no person can view or manipulate their electronic 
>votes.

[Do I see a mention somewhere of independent inspection?]


>Defence personnel can still cast their votes should there be any 
>technical difficulties with the electronic voting trial as 
>paper-based postal votes also will be sent to all registered 
>electronic voting trial participants.

[I wonder what technique they've implemented to preclude 
double-voting, using both means.]


>Other ADF and Defence personnel who cannot access a secure computer 
>terminal or are not in the selected locations should apply to the 
>Australian Electoral Commission for a postal vote.
>
>The current Defence trial follows a recommendation on electronic 
>voting by the Parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Electoral 
>Matters.


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