IP: Re: A web site of Brian Reids ICANN election experience

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> To: "Donald E. Eastlake 3rd" <dee3 () torque pothole com>
> cc: Brian Reid <reid () mejac palo-alto ca us>, farber () cis upenn edu
> Subject: Re: IP: A web site of Brian Reids ICANN election experience
> Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2000 07:24:13 -0700
> From: Brian Reid <reid () mejac palo-alto ca us>
>
> > I don't understand what that statement has to do with this matter.
>
> A comment on the need for understanding of what might be a complex
> process. People unable to understand the voting process without help
> need to be able to vote, too.
>
> I think, upon reflection, that what went wrong here is that I had no
> confidence at all that the election was being run sensibly, and that I
> was afraid of violating some hidden rule. ICANN is well known for
> duplicity and secrecy, and I had no confidence that election.com would
> be properly implementing any well-known voting algorithm.
>
> I appreciate your patient explanations of things. If this business of
> electronic voting is ever going to become part of society, then people
> need to have confidence that their understanding of the election
> process is correct. This confidence comes from a combination of voter
> education and slow experience with the reliability and stability of the
> institutions running the vote.