Linked by snydeq on Mon 27th Oct 2008 17:24 UTC
The mounting irregularities of closed-source proprietary e-voting systems clearly show the need for a new approach to securing elections in the U.S. -- one centered on the use of open source technologies, writes Paul Venezia. 'It's time for us to make good on the promise of open elections and open our e-voting systems as well,' Venezia writes, outlining the technical blueprint for a cheap, secure, open source e-voting system. The call for open voting systems has grown louder as of late, with several projects, such as Pvote and the Open Voting Consortium, demonstrating how the voting booth could benefit from open source code. Such systems are already securing elections in Australia and Brazil.
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An open source voting system will not fix the problem with electronic voting.
The paper&pen system is only more secure because it requires a bit more effort to screw with.
A proper electronic voting system needs to allow citizens to trust their vote has been cast without having to trust the system used to cast the vote.
Any single person should be able to verify the whole election. This is likely possible to do with a system of public/private key cryptography. Which would actually be more secure than paper and pens because it would actually allow verification instead of just expecting the result is correct because it's a bit difficult to subvert it.
- Jesse McNelis