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Stanford University computer scientist David L. Dill on the security of electronic voting.
David L. Dill
Position: Professor of computer science, Stanford University
Issue: Electronic voting. U.S. state and local election commissions are increasingly adopting computerized voting machines. But many believe the systems open the door to increased voting error and fraud.
Personal Point of Impact: Crafted the Resolution on Electronic Voting, advocating a permanent paper record of each vote that allows voters to verify their own ballots; the resolution has been endorsed by several top computer security experts
Technology Review: Electronic voting is a relatively new concept in the United States. How do these systems work?
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