IP: vote trading and Internet voting

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2000 02:22:48 -0800
> From: Ed Gerck <egerck () safevote com>
> To: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
> Subject: vote trading and Internet voting
>
>
> Dave: Hi! This may interest your IP'ers]
>
> The question of the day is vote trading and using the Internet
> for vote trading.
>
> First, I would like to point out that this action is occurring with
> *paper ballots* and shows that the Internet is this train that is
> changing our lives whether we follow the ostrich approach or not. So,
> those that do not want Internet voting because they do not want the
> Internet to change the way they vote, are just trying to bury their
> heads in the  sand and ignore this train that is coming, ever closer.
>
> Much better, IMO, is to face the situation with all problems and
> also potential solutions in order to advance voting to the Internet
> age.  Fraudsters and interested sides are already doing so. Serious
> tests are being done, like the test contracted with Safevote by the
> California Secretary of State and being carried out in Contra Costa
> County -- with an open call and inside information to help attackers
> [see http://www.safevote.com/tech.htm ]
>
> I also think that enforcement of no vote trading would require as a
> minimum a violation of individual privacy.  This poses a considerable
> problem in an area where, yes, there should be no compromise when
> voting is considered.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ed Gerck