The debate intensified after the District of Columbia tested an Internet voting system for possible use next month and invited computer scientists to try hacking into it. They did, without much trouble.
A computer scientist friend calls it whack-a-mole, the way online voting pitchmen keep popping up to announce they've fixed security problems and voting over the internet is now secure. You look at their plans and find they're as full of holes as ever.
Legislature: Some say it assures ballot access to military overseas; others fear it’s too insecure.
Soldiers fighting for their country find it hard to participate in the elections that choose leaders back home, say those who support letting them vote by e-mail.
Authorization for overseas voters to send in their ballots by e-mail or fax is headed for its final steps in the Legislature, over the objections of those who worry about online voter fraud.
Arizona did something very interesting in the 2008 general election: it accepted votes over the internet. Is it a good idea, or not?
Some individual counties have experimented with allowing online voting for overseas citizens, and the Pentagon considered its own system in 2004, before abandoning it because of security issues.
View Entire Article HereEducational Resources on Internet, Email and Fax Voting
Download the e-packet which includes testimony from leading computer scientists about electronic ballot transmission and articles from mainstream media.
Maddening chain of email, querying the status of the Diebold failure discovered in Humboldt County, CA, illustrates the EAC's continued protection of e-voting vendors, at the expense of the voters
Guest Blogged by John Gideon of VotersUnite.org
"It is through the Constitution that we control the reins of government and insure that it remains the protector of individual, unalienable Rights - i.e., the servant of the People.
View Entire Article HereProposed internet voting legislation in Washington state raises questions about the security of online voting systems.
On the surface it sounds like a terrific idea: Let members of the armed forces serving abroad and state residents living in foreign lands, vote via the Internet so that their ballots can be tabulated in a timely fashion.
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Click here to learn more about the Holt Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act
