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E-voting: Can we count on it?


Welcome. To kick off this discussion, we asked our panelists for their assessment of the risks related to the use of electronic voting machines -- in the areas of verifiable voting, errors, recounts and manipulation -- not in the computer lab, but in a real-world setting. Read on for the responses.

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10/15/2004  Real World Risks 88  paczkowski 
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5/12/2006  LET'S GET REAL 1  KISSALWAYS 
11/5/2004  types of databases are used in e-vote 1  knlqween 
11/5/2004  E-voting, Can We Count On It 1  dobbin 
10/16/2004  Response to Michelle Townsend 1  Jefferson 
10/16/2004  secure development is different 2  cme1 
10/16/2004  EVM Angst 1  indianvoter 
  
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Background and resources

Our panelists

Mercury News:
  • Electronic voting's hidden perils
  • Electronic voting raises recount angst
  • Lax controls over e-voting testing labs
  • Governor approves electoral changes


  • Wired News:
  • Machine Politics


  • Washington Post:
  • E-voting: Promise or Peril?


  • News.com:
  • Global lessons in e-voting


  • Sites:
  • Diebold Election Services
  • Sequoia Voting Systems
  • Black Box Voting
  • Avi Rubin's e-voting page
  • Verified Voting
  • Open Vote Foundation
  • Caltech/MIT Voting Technologies Project