Emerging Technologies Conference
What the Experts Said about E-voting
Coverage of the E-voting discussion at EmTech08.
TR Editors 09/25/2008
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Elizabeth Heichler of PC World analyzes the E-voting discussion:
EmTech 08: Audits, Open Source Needed With E-voting
U.S. jurisdictions using electronic voting systems this November would do well to implement routine post-election auditing and press for open-source software...read more
Lucas Mearian of Computer World provides his insight:
Prevent unwanted presidencies with paper ballots
While attending MIT's Emerging Technologies Conference in Cambridge today, I quickly found out that this country is still plagued with many of the same electronic ballot problems...read more
Jon Brodkin of Network World
Open source could fix e-voting flaws, California secretary of state says
California Secretary of State Debra Bowen argued Thursday that open source software can help fix some of the flaws in electronic voting systems, which have proliferated throughout the country...read more
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E-voting
E-voting is an election system that allows a voter to record his or her secure and secret ballot electronically. In 2004, it's estimated that approximately 30 percent of the voting population in the United States used some form of e-voting technology, including direct electronic recording (DER) touch screen s or optical scanner s, to record their vote for President. Electronic votes are stored digitally in a storage medium such as a tape cartridge, diskette , or smart card before being sent to a centralized location where tabulation programs compile and tabulate results. Advocates of e-voting point out that electronic voting can reduce election costs and increase civic participation by making the voting process more convenient. Critics maintain that without a paper trail, recounts are more difficult and electronic ballot manipulation, or even poorly-written programming code, could affect election results.
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