[LINK] AEC faces backlash over vote counting ‘black box’
Brendan
brendansweb at optusnet.com.au
Wed Jul 20 12:18:43 AEST 2016
On 07/20/2016 11:54 AM, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
> AEC faces backlash over vote counting ‘black box’
> George Lekakis
> http://thenewdaily.com.au/news/election-2016/2016/07/19/aec-backlash-vote-counting/
> However, computer experts claim that the digital counting process cannot
> be fully observed by the scrutineers of candidates because the AEC
> refuses to disclose the source code of the automated system.
The lack of the ability to scrutinize electronic ballots is their major, and I would hope fatal, flaw (not so in America, where they don't seem to care about properly verifying the electoral process). I don't see that access to source code helps the issue.
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