[ale] OT: Electronic Voting in GA

[Joe Knapka]

Charles Shapiro <cshapiro at nubridges.com> writes:

> Uh, you wanna buy my vote? Worse, you want to threaten me to vote a
> certain way?

That's a good point. (I think we may have had this discussion before.)
 
> In addition to making a vote verifiable by the voter, you must also make
> it impossible for anyone else to verify the ballot after it is cast,
> even with the cooperation of the voter.

Voting protocols that enforce this restriction exist.

> A paper tape with a vote printout behind glass on a voting  machine, for
> example, fulfills much of this purpose.  Keys or records a voter carries
> out of the voting booth are not acceptable.  

I don't necessarily agree, but I see your point.

> Voting systems which are not independently auditable and which contain
> nothing but electronic records are also not acceptable. Voting systems
> whose "printed  records" consist of a printout of electronic records
> created after voting has taken place are not acceptable. 

Agreed.

Cheers,

-- Joe Knapka