[An interesting article on Iowa's electronic voting trial and electronic voting in general. The reporter emphasized my negative quotes more than I would have liked, but overall a good article.--LFC] http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/305/nation/Iowa_to_put_Internet_voting_to_ the_test+.shtml The Boston Globe Iowa to put Internet voting to the test Adjunct to polls, but purists worry By Anne E. Kornblut, Globe Staff, 11/01/99 DES MOINES - Chet Culver is the blond-haired son of a US senator, a promising political star who is going to cause a sensation here tomorrow at the polls. But Culver isn't running for election. He is running the election process itself. And the newfangled way he's doing it is making some people shudder. For the first time in Iowa history, voters this year can cast their ballots over the Internet, part of an experimental program that could lay the foundation for electronic balloting in all 50 states. As the youngest secretary of state in the country, Culver, 33, is a leading champion of the techno-strategy, which he hopes will ultimately ''get more young people involved.'' Culver's test is entirely benign, with voters using Internet connections alongside their polling stations, and only after they have already cast ballots the traditional way. What is unnerving some political scientists is a related idea being debated nationwide: letting people elect officials over the Internet from home. [ . . . ] ====================================================================== This message was distributed through the e-lection mailing list. For info and archives see http://www.research.att.com/~lorrie/voting/ ======================================================================
