On 22 Apr 2005 at 18:42 UTC-0700, Russ Paielli wrote:
I don't think optical cells are the answer either. What you want is a nice, simple touch-screen (or mouse based) system. And yes, of course you need to generate paper ballots too.
Absentee ballots?
As far as I am concerned, absentee ballots are way overused. They are a vote-seller's and vote-buyer's dream. They also greatly compromise the guarantee of a secret ballot. Just imagine how many abusive husbands tell their wives how to vote with absentee ballots. And I haven't even mentioned the fact that they depend of the postal service for delivery (and therefore could be "lost" by a devious postal worker). Does anyone else think about these things?
I envision something like the Graphical Voter Interface (GVI http://ElectionMethods.org/GVI.htm) that I developed a while back
Woowee. Screen takeover. Watch those colors and fonts!
I don't understand what you mean by "Screen takeover."
Well, on my computer it is a full screen application with loud colors ;-).
The colors can be changed by simply editing the name of each color used. They are all specified in one place. No need to even recompile since GVI is written in Tcl/Tk.
By the way, if I had it do over again, I'd probably write GVI in Python. In fact, I might rewrite it in Python someday if I ever have the time.
Then again, if I really want it to be rock-solid for public elections, I should probably use Ada.
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