Michael and all,
We (INEGroup) already has a voting application that we use on a
regular basis. It uses current authentication methods and is very
secure. We would be happy to implement this for any DNSO.
Michael Sondow wrote:
> I spoke today with Kenneth Egger, the VP in charge of Internet methodology
> at the American Arbitration Association. Here is the gist of what he told
> me:
>
> 1) The A.A.A. has already assisted online voting successfully for a number
> of organizations, including a large, dispersed trade union.
>
> 2) The A.A.A. does not have computer programs of its own for this, but has
> assisted the organizations which it helped to write their own.
>
> 3) The function of the A.A.A. has been to supervise and authenticate the
> procedure, much as U.N. inspectors supervise voting in politically unstable
> countries (an apt parallel, don't you think?).
>
> 4) The most important and difficult task, according to Mr. Egger, is the
> authentication of the identity of the voters, in particular the legal
> identity of their name with a postal address. I suggested that this might be
> replaced by digital authentication procedures; Mr. Egger remained skeptical.
> (There was not much problem in the previous cases of online voting because
> all the members were known.) Mr. Egger suggested that perhaps the postal
> service could be used for identity checking, but then why not use it for
> voting as well?
>
> 5) I explained that there was a very great time constraint in the present
> situation, and that the DNSO could not possibly write its own voting program
> in so short a space of time. He said that he will query the organizations
> that have already done online voting to see if they would "lend" us their
> programs.
>
> 6) I asked what A.A.A.'s fees for supervising the procedure would be, but he
> refused to commit himself.
>
> 7) He should get back to me tomorrow or the next day.
Regards,
--
Jeffrey A. Williams
CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng.
Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC.
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