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Re: Presidential Candidates' Websites Vulnerable
From: Barry Fitzgerald <bkfsec () sdf lonestar org>
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 2004 17:17:21 -0400
Frank Knobbe wrote:
On Thu, 2004-07-01 at 10:48, Jordan Klein wrote:Oh yes, and there should be a checksum of the unique number assigned to each vote to ensure that someone couldn't just reverse engineer the barcode and make up a bunch of bogus votes. I'm not sure exactly how that part would work, but I'm sure there's a way.There needs to be mechanism to block "a bunch of made-up votes". Someone could also make up fake punch-cards. Same issue, same solution. More important is the issue of *disappearing* votes. Voter gets a receipt, yes, but how can you guarantee that her vote (bar code orotherwise) has actually been counted?
Well, one thing missing (that isn't technological) is UN auditing of our election results. We demand it of other countries... if it's good for them, it should be good for us, right?
I mean, ultimately, we need to refine the technical solution - but in the end of the day it's going to have to be people who actually count, recount, and verify the votes. Having a series of outside vote regulation groups outside of the poles to take their own count with said barcode-labelled paper would be a good start.
-Barryp.s. I don't care which side of the political fence a person is on. What events we *know* happened in 2000 should freak you out.
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