Spangly new electronic voting

[fluffymark]

They're testing out a new method of voting in stratford. Using electronic cards and touch sensitive screens. All very nice and futuristic. Fun ans well. Imagine using a cash machine (slot the card in, press the screen) but you don't get any money coming out.. I was impressed.
Did anywhere else get these or is everyone else still using pencil and paper?

Comments

[excelsis.livejournal.com]

there /will/ be bugs. the complications of electronic voting are quite considerable, my group project was to do with that.
my biggest concern would be privacy. as it stands, every ballot paper can be traced to the voter, with computerised systems it would be easier to corrolate votes with voter.

[fluffymark]

It doesn't sound *too* difficult but I'll guss you've thought about it a lot lot lot more than me. But at first sight, its just a case of simply counting the votes made, and using some secure way of making sure nobody votes more than once. Athough how you'd do that may be the problem.

I thought It'd be more sensible if the computer 'forgot' who had made each vote immedately after doing so and just kept a track fo the running count of votes for each candidate? This would be simpler, surely, and would guarantee privacy.

Not that I'm fussed at all about the privacy of my vote. I voted green. And not just becasue the only other alternatives were the tories, labour or the BNP (ugh ugh and mega ugh).