On May 8, 11:11 pm, John M Ward  wrote:
> In article
> ,
>    JohnLoony  wrote:
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> > On 8 May, 21:48, John M Ward  wrote:
> > > [...] (South East region).  In the same region: if the Greens have a
> > > break, they might have a Kitcat -- Jason Kitcat.
> > Oh good!  I know him (slightly) - he's a hoopy frood.
>
> Ah!  We could certainly do with more of those...
>
> > He's very involved in the struggle to warn of the dangers of
> > computerised voting and counting.
>
> Good for him!  Hopefully, though, one day that will all be solved, and a
> more secure and dependable system emerge than anything that has gone
> before.  In the meantime, he is right to be wary of what is now being
> attempted in some places.
>

I'm skeptical that any workable system for computerized voting is
possible. The problem is one of simple logic: a system that is both
secret and verifiable (by people without specific technical (i.e. IT)
knowledge) does not seem to be logically possible to achieve. The
traditional pencil-and-paper voting system achieves verifiability by
having many independent pairs of eyes overseeing the process, and
requires no specific technical knowledge. It can also maintain ballot
secrecy. Until an e-voting system is found with these same advantages,
the concept should be a non-starter. Sadly, there are too may
politicians and civil servants who want to implement e-voting in order
to appear "modern", and so the cycle goes on... :(

Alex

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