Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: > > Jenny McLeod wrote: > > > > I obviously have no idea what has been proposed for the US > > elections. However, at the last ACT (Australian Capital > > Territory) election in 2001, a trial of electronic voting was > > held, and was generally considered to be a success. More > > information, including a technical description of how it > works, > > is at http://www.elections.act.gov.au/Elecvote.html > > Cool. Thanks. > > > > > It even includes a link to the source code, although I have > not > > had a look at that. Seems to be a slightly different approach > > to that used in Palm Beach. The executive summary is quite a > > good (non-technical) overview. > > > > Note that the ACT is a geographically small area, which means > > that physically transporting equipment from polling places to > > the tally room is feasible - at least for a trial (there are > > some comments in the executive summary about the logistics of > > expanding electronic voting). > > Oh, I hadn't thought of that. I bet they do physically > transport the touch-screen computers. Never underestimate the > Mbps of a truck barrelling down the highway with data! > JMcL: Even easier - they use "removable media" to transport the data, according to the overview. And not touch-screens, but a display and keypad (and barcode reader). No point overdoing the technology when it's not required ;-)
> One more quick (last, I promise) comment: I heard that they are > having high-school kids helping at the Florida elections, i.e. > helping the senior citizens figure out the touch screens. > That's kind of cool. > JMcL: Given the over-enthusiasm of many teenagers I know, this may not be a good thing. "Just click here, and here, and look! You've voted! Oh, isn't that who you wanted to vote for?" > What will it be when we're old geezers that we won't get? There > will probably be some technology that the young people all get > that we will be clueless about. I won't like that. ;-) > > Priscilla > > > > > Still not a Cisco-focused thread, but at least it's back on > > technology ;-) > > > > JMcL > > > > Priscilla Oppenheimer wrote: > > > [snipped] Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=56948&t=56758 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
