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29 Sep 2004

What 600 people say they want from an e-voting system

I think the resolution on voter-verifiable e-voting is a pretty good “what we want” sort of statement. If you like it, you can sign up and support it too.

The wish-list extracts are:

“We feel that voters and candidates must be able to feel certain that voting intentions are accurately recorded. If any doubts do arise then all stakeholders must be able to verify and audit all aspects of the election.

“Due to the opaque nature of [computerised voting] technologies ... it is crucial that electronic voting systems provide a voter-verifiable audit trail. By this we mean a permanent record of each vote that can be checked for accuracy by the voter before the vote is submitted, and is difficult or impossible to alter after it has been checked. This must be achieved without compromising the secrecy and integrity of the ballot thus, to prevent vote selling or coercion, the vote records cannot be kept by the voter. It must be noted that such an audit trail is only useful if it is used regularly for recounts to verify the electronic result. Without a verifiable voting system every election is open to allegations which will raise doubts over the results that administrators will be unable to disprove. However an audit trail alone is not sufficient - all aspects of the voting process need to be made secure. Providing a voter-verifiable audit trail should be one of the essential requirements for any new voting systems.”

• Posted by William Heath on 29/09/04 at 9:49pm
• Categories · Political engagement
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