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Thursday, October 7, 2010 1:50:04 PM
Apparently the DC Board of Elections has been experimenting with the idea of internet voting. And they got what they asked for: A serious stress test.
Here and here are a couple of entries on the subject. One of the blogs says the obvious: "... also notes what many of us have been trying to tell Internet Voting proponents for so many years: it's incredibly difficult, if not impossible, to make the system secure." The editor knows a bit about computers and security, and the idea gives him the heeby-jeebies. Not so much that it couldn't be done by good people, but that voting takes place in a political environment, often prone to cheating.
Simpler is better.
Here and here are a couple of entries on the subject. One of the blogs says the obvious: "... also notes what many of us have been trying to tell Internet Voting proponents for so many years: it's incredibly difficult, if not impossible, to make the system secure." The editor knows a bit about computers and security, and the idea gives him the heeby-jeebies. Not so much that it couldn't be done by good people, but that voting takes place in a political environment, often prone to cheating.
Simpler is better.
