Wednesday, July 25, 2012

Report: State systems for overseas voters vulnerable [USA Today]

Report: State systems for overseas voters vulnerable

A report on state voter systems evaluates each state on five criteria: 1) paper ballots or a paper record of electronic votes; 2) paper backup for electronic return of overseas ballots; 3) contingency plans at polling places if machines fail; 4) reconciliation of voter lists with vote/ballot totals; and 5) post-election audit of vote tallies. --->>> How the states rate

Full Report: http://www.commoncause.org/countingvotes2012
 

Monday, June 18, 2012

Alberta: Local municipalities ponder move to Internet voting

Local municipalities ponder move to Internet voting

Edmonton, St. Albert and Strathcona County want to push ahead with Alberta's first test of Internet voting during next year's civic election.

The three communities are interested in allowing people who can't reach a regular polling booth to vote online instead of mailing in their ballots, says a report released Thursday.

The move requires a change to the provincial Local Authorities Election Act, and though Alberta Municipal Affairs is interested, it needs letters of support from councillors before it will act. --->>>

Thursday, May 24, 2012

France intros online voting for overseas deputies

France intros online voting for overseas deputies

France is using online voting to enfranchise citizens living abroad, Le Monde reports. The system will enable users to vote for 11 deputies with international constituencies for the first time. Over 1 million French voters live outside the country. --->>>

Internet voting still faces hurdles in US

Internet voting still faces hurdles in US

Pressure is building to make Internet voting widely available in the United States and elsewhere, even though technical experts say casting ballots online is far from secure.

In the 2012 US elections, more than two dozen states will accept some form of electronic or faxed ballots, mostly from military or overseas voters, according to the Verified Voting Foundation.

But there is a growing expectation that online voting will expand further. --->>>

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Ontario: AODA Alliance launches campaign to make voting more accessible for the disabled.

AODA Alliance launches campaign to make voting more accessible for the disabled.

With a provincial byelection looming in Kitchener-Waterloo, the push is on to make voting more accessible for the disabled.

The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Alliance has launched a campaign in hopes of convincing Elections Ontario to offer telephone and internet voting. --->>>

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Framing the internet voting security debate

Framing the internet voting security debate

The consensus of computer technologists, election officials, and other experts in voting technology holds that internet voting is very, very, hard. While I certainly agree with that assessment, it’s worth noting that the term “hard” is rather ambiguous. Indeed, one of the biggest issues with the internet voting debate right now is that we’re missing the implication of how this word should guide our research. This difficulty shouldn’t motivate us to give up, but rather to re-think our approach to solving the problem. --->>>