Yes, one could argue that the vast majority of the public have their votes bought and sold all the time, but they are unaware of it and don't reap the benefits. Wait scratch that...they ARE aware of it and don't give a crap precisely because they don't reap the benefits!
Me, I don't like the idea of people actualy selling votes, but I think I like the idea of people BEING ABLE to sell their votes.
From: "R. A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Stuart Schechter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CC: Digital Bearer Settlement List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Fwd: [fc] list of papers accepted to FC'03
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 00:58:37 -0500
At 9:24 AM -0500 on 11/16/02, Stuart Schechter wrote:
> I don't think you'll find our paper to be overly technical - at least not
> from a computer science or cryptographic perspective. We wrote this paper
> because we believe that determining the level of security necessary to deter
> an adversary is a problem of more general interest.
Certainly if it's *financially* calculable.
;-).
Cheers,
RAH
Who, for instance, sees nothing at all wrong with selling votes. Where I
come from, it's called "equity". :-).
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