Hello Gerhard,

>AT>Voting in person really does suck sometimes. It's hardly worth all the
>AT>trouble,
>
>You're free to move to a nation where you don't need to vote. ;-)

It used to be that folks in the old USSR had no choice but
to vote for the candidate of the politburo's choice. But Vladimir
Putin has changed all that. Now the folks in Russia have no choice
but to vote for the candidate of his own choice.

>AT>Here's my idea: Allow electronic voting - but make the voter punch in
> AT>their social security # or their driver's license # (or both) to verify
> AT>identity and registration status.
>
>How do you achieve secrecy?

By having the secret police count the secret ballots.

>How do you know the software isn't buggy?

By debugging the buggy software.

>How do voters know if their vote was counted?

By watching the watchers who watch the watchers.

>How do voters know that it's impossible to add some votes with a "magic
> number"?

By being the only one who knows the "magic number".

>How do you make sure, voters trust your system?

By making it my very own system.

--Lee

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Nothing sucks like an Electrolux

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