Dear Neema,
What you proposed sounds interesting. Do you think that the level of internet penetration in Iran especially in rural areas may affect the results? Also from media literacy perspective, it sounds difficult to obtain the votes of different groups of people via an online platform (it would be even more difficult if such a website considered as filtered inside the country). Also, culturally it may raise some doubts about the "legitimacy" of the platform regarding the role was played by internet in contemporary Iran. However, I think the idea is interesting but it required more elaboration paying enough attention to both technological and cultural considerations in a given society. Best, -- MAHDI YOUSEFI PhD Candidate University of Tehran Department of Communication On 2012-09-16 10:48, Neema Moraveji wrote: > Researchers, hackers, and students: > > There is a need in many countries, to support "extra-government > elections" with web-based technology (i.e., let citizens vote fairly > without government influence, extortion, etc.). I think this is a > valuable investment of time for a Libtech/HCI/CS/ICTD research > project. > > Imagine a site that allowed citizens to vote, could show the outside > world and governments themselves (which often have unreliable means of > voting/counting/etc.) how the citizens really feel about different > candidates - in a non-biased way. > > The research issues to solve: authentication, visualization, > accountability, and perhaps even access. Using common computer > components (keyboard, webcam, etc.) can such a system be delivered to > at least approximate the real sentiment of the people? At least to the > outside world? > > Does such a system already exist? > > I am in Iran right now connecting with young people and intellectuals. > I can't speak for other countries but Iran will have important > elections in 9 months. If even a prototype of such a system exists, > it could gain wide use here and be used by news agencies around the > world to broadcast the difference between govt and extra-govt voting > results. > > All the best, > > Neema Moraveji, Ph.D. > Director > Calming Technology Lab > Media-X > Stanford University > moraveji.org, calmingtech.stanford.edu > @moraveji, @calmingtech > -- > Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password at: https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech --
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