Posts by Bill Dietrich

Election hacked, drunken robot elected to school board

Re: goal of a voting system

The goal of a voting system should be to accurately record and report votes, not necessarily to "make voting easy". In fact, we'd be better off if we did something small to disocurage idiots from voting. Such as having to pass a simple test (what are the three branches of the federal govt; who is the president; what is the basic legal document of the USA). Yes, I know tests were used in the past to discriminate racially; I think we should use them to screen out idiocy.

I'd be interested in any feedback about my web page http://www.billdietrich.me/Reason/ReasonVotingMachines.html Thanks.

need multi-vendor, receipt-based system

It's reasonably easy to make a secure, verifiable e-voting system: print receipts, allow verification by the voter later, establish some standards and support multiple vendors. See my web page http://www.billdietrich.me/Reason/ReasonVotingMachines.html Thanks.