How 15 people triggered off a major campaign Patrice Riemens, an Amsterdam-based people networker and FLOSS-opher (theorist about the world of Free/Libre and Open Source Software, a tongue-in-cheek designation) explains how the campaign against "voting computers" was successful, thanks to the determination of a small group. He comments: "The German Constitutional (ie Apex) Court has just ruled that the use of voting computers in the state elections three-and-half years ago was illegal. It did not cancel these elections, but this judgment consigns voting computers in Germany, and by extention probably in the rest of the EU, to the dustbin of history." What does this issues involve? An amazing, brief explanation... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PfCSuJ-1AU&feature=channel_page
Electronic voting, on Wikipedia: Electronic voting (also known as e-voting) is a term encompassing several different types of voting, embracing both electronic means of casting a vote and electronic means of counting votes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_voting 2004 United States election voting controversies http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_United_States_election_voting_controversies The E-voting Controversy: What are the Risks? http://www.cse.lehigh.edu/~lopresti/Talks/2006/EVotingPanel.pdf India has electronic voting; why can't the U.S.? - By Eric Weiner The Bombay BallotWhat the U.S. can learn from India's electronic voting machines. http://www.slate.com/id/2107388/ India: EVM controversy: Election Commission unfazed by Jaya's petition http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/22047109.cms -- FN * http://fredericknoronha.wordpress.com M +91-9822122436 P +91-832-2409490 http://twitter.com/fn On Facebook: http://www.new.facebook.com/people/Frederick-Noronha/502514643 "It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes." - Douglas Adams
