Tweet
it seems that some folk in Canada are keen on seeing e-Voting happen up there sometime soon. not just electronic machines, but full-on internet voting...
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/...ne-voting.html
again and again we hear that word come up... "modernize"
all of this nonsense for the appearance of modernity. last i checked, there is no reason to ever modernize anything unless the current system or solution is lacking in some way.
elections are supposed to be a way for the state to measure and verify the will of the people in order to put forth changes (in leadership or policy) as set forth in the Constitution (or other framing document)
paper ballots do that. they do it well. they do it in a way that is actually very hard to tamper unless you have a lot of resources (in both tech, money, and most of all people)
as folk on mailing lists and elsewhere have pointed out whenever e-Voting comes up, the biggest risks are...
1. the ability of a relative few folks playing heck with the results
2. the susceptibility of the system to attacks that not only produce fraudulent results, but also the far greater risk of killing the legitimacy of real results.
i have no idea who is pushing this. Renderman, can you find out who they are and kick them in the balls? many of us Yanks view Canada as the place to go if our own nation totally implodes. please don't let it get all fucked up.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/...ne-voting.html
The head of the agency in charge of federal elections says it's time to modernize Canada's elections, including testing online voting and ending a ban on publishing early election results.
all of this nonsense for the appearance of modernity. last i checked, there is no reason to ever modernize anything unless the current system or solution is lacking in some way.
elections are supposed to be a way for the state to measure and verify the will of the people in order to put forth changes (in leadership or policy) as set forth in the Constitution (or other framing document)
paper ballots do that. they do it well. they do it in a way that is actually very hard to tamper unless you have a lot of resources (in both tech, money, and most of all people)
as folk on mailing lists and elsewhere have pointed out whenever e-Voting comes up, the biggest risks are...
1. the ability of a relative few folks playing heck with the results
2. the susceptibility of the system to attacks that not only produce fraudulent results, but also the far greater risk of killing the legitimacy of real results.
i have no idea who is pushing this. Renderman, can you find out who they are and kick them in the balls? many of us Yanks view Canada as the place to go if our own nation totally implodes. please don't let it get all fucked up.
Comment