Re Voting Software a to true comment on our field

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: "Ed Gerck, Ph.D." <egerck () gmail com>
> Subject: Re: [IP] xkcd: Voting Software a to true comment on our field
> Date: August 9, 2018 11:30:36 JST
> To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
>
> Dave and all,
>
> Using multiple and variety channels in information theory can defeat any "noise", taken as attackers or faults. See 
> how, and comments requested, on The Witness-Voting System 
> <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286459956_The_Witness-Voting_System>
>
> But reading current comments online, they seem to cluster, sooner later, regarding the high risks of networking, or 
> the benefits of a paper copy.
> However, the information theory model and response informs:
> 1. A networked machine (not addressable on the Internet), watchable by political friends and political foes alike, is 
> inherently more secure than an isolated machine watchable by friends only.
> 2. Having a paper copy does not guarantee that the voter read and verified it, is less secure the N independent 
> electronic copies, whicn is also less costly to verify and maintain.
> 3. Oligarchs have long been able to control their suppliers and their machines to their end -- not to the community 
> they supposedly serve -- it is a known market failure.
> Software can help, including problems in #1-3, but that is why the FUD against software and AI continues -- no one 
> honestly wants supervision! Isolated is better against Information Theory methods, they know better...
> Theoretically, however, for fair elections, we should benefit by treating voting stochastically, albeit making it a 
> rule (unlike today) that every vote counts, and that votes be private. These and other conditions can make voting to 
> become trustworthy, as shown in the paper linked above, for comments.
> Best,
> Ed Gerck




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