Please, all, read, if you have not already, what many computer
experts say about voting with electronic voting machines and see the
hackings they have done
See chapter I in my book "Hacking The Machines"
There are also many examples on our web site
http://www.handcountedpaperballots.org, including an old version of
"Hacking". An updated one is in the book.
Thanks
Sheila
At 02:38 AM 9/16/2012, Tanja Aitamurto wrote:
Thanks, Neema, for reaching out, and great to hear about your awesome work!
The activity you are describing could fall under the phenomenon of
crowdsourcing for democracy, which is a fascinating, emerging field
of inquiry in political and social sciences (and a part of my
research agenda!), and could be realized for instance by using
crowdsourcing platforms, such as IdeaScale or similar ones, which
allow clear voting and commenting functions.
Citizens' alternative (not always alternative though!) agenda for
democratic processes has been practiced e.g. in Iceland in
constitution reform process:
<http://youtu.be/4uJOjh5QBgA>http://youtu.be/4uJOjh5QBgA, and
similar attempts in Egypt, Morocco, etc.
Let me know if you want to discuss more, and hope to see you when
you are back on campus!
best,
Tanja Aitamurto
Visiting Researcher
Program on Liberation Technology
Stanford University
On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 9:18 AM, Neema Moraveji
<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> 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
<http://moraveji.org>moraveji.org,
<http://calmingtech.stanford.edu>calmingtech.stanford.edu
@moraveji, @calmingtech
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www.handcountedpaperballots.org
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