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Subject: [BCPolitics] Re: Is Ross Perot a Liar like Preston Manning?
From: Franklin Wayne Poley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I am going to open with what I just posted to CTRL list. If Perot is an
honest man he can easily affirm his credibility. The [EMAIL PROTECTED] email
address is only for Perot's "Morality Campaign" re Clinton etc. But he
also supports the Electronic Town Hall of the Reform Party which is half
their platform. Why not COMBINE THE TWO. Just set up a nation-wide
network of public access computer-connected kiosks in shopping centres
(use coin op if you want to recover some cost or make a profit). Voila!
Electronic Town Hall. I have proposed a specific trial run in the riding
of Canadian Reform MP, Ted White, in North Vancouver. It would cost peanuts.
FWP.
PS-As for the technical problems they are real enough but banks and
others in Ecommerce can solve them the political system can too.
On Sun, 6 Dec 1998, Quirk wrote:
> From: Quirk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Pulled lots of peoples into this, you did.
>
> Maybe Ross just doesn't think direct democracy is a good idea, or that
> e-space voting necessarily entails direct democracy. Perhaps I don't,
> perhaps I do. Albany.edu published a paper I wrote on Internet voting in a
> conference bibliography as background. I can show I'm "pro-democracy".
> Some major drawbacks of direct democracy make me think twice.
>
> Even using the Internet as an alternative to polling-place/absentee-mail
> ballots under current voting rules, the fraud can be a big problem. You
> know how easy it is to re-write 2 million votes when they're stored on a
> net computer?
>
> Big money! Fabulous prizes! That's not even an authentication problem.
>
> And what about anonymity protocols. Many people have ideas. Will your Big
> Brother vote tabulator know exactly how each citizen voted? Would it have
> the theoretical capability to reveal that knowledge to anyone, or will it
> be a secure design? Who will be your consultant on anonymity protocols?
> Will you allow peer review of the source code and specifications?
>
> These kinds issues need to be addressed before 'Boss Ross' or anyone plops
> down 40 PC's or the authority over taxation for the British-Columbian
> revolution.
>
> The definition of 'majority' needs to be flexible (2/3 vote, 100%, etc.)
> based on the moral and rhetorical weight of the issue on the ballot.
> How can this be decided? So many questions which do need to be addressed--
> perhaps not solved to the best of everyone's satisfaction, but addressed
> nonetheless.
>
> It should be a unanimous decision by the people of British Columbia or any
> region, IMHO. What's the big rush?
>
>
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